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Hip-hop legend DJ GrandÂmaster Flash kicks off UB residency
Joseph Saddler, popularly known as famous DJ and rap legend Grandmaster Flash, is preparing to direct UB’s next Working Artists lab. "I'm here to ignite that is all possible. And maybe they need a degree of belief. And if I could just do that, it would be really cool," DJ Grandmaster Flash said. The lab…
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NYC hip hop artist to open streetwear store, host music festival in Harrisburg
 KOTA The Friend, Brooklyn, N.Y. based hip hop artist plans to make his way to Harrisburg next month to open a streetwear and skate shop in Midtown, as well as to perform a concert. In early 2020, KOTA announced that he had purchased the Reily Street building that formerly housed the restaurant, Right on Reily,…
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MEEK MILL DEMANDS THE SAME RESPECT AS KENDRICK LAMAR, MAC MILLER & YG
Meek Mill dropped his fifth studio album Expensive Pain yesterday, Friday (October 1) with features from Lil Baby,  Young Thug, Lil Durk, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Uzi Vert and others. In a convo with Apple Music  ahead of its release, the Philadelphia rapper admitted he thinks he doesn’t get the respect he deserves compared to other…
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Rapper Nines jailed for importing 28kilos of Kush
British rapper Nines has been jailed for importing 28kilos of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland. The chart-topping musician whose real name is Courtney Freckleton and age 31, alongside Jason Thompson, 35, were both given 28-month sentences. The pair had previously pleaded guilty to drugs and money laundering charges. Sentencing them both at…
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Five Epic Hitmakers Unite for PEPSI Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show
Pepsi, the NFL and Jay Z's Roc Nation have assembled a lineup of trailblazing musicians to perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will take the world's biggest stage at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, airing on…
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‘I never thought I’d be a hip-hop artist’: North Vancouver’s DJ O Show to release debut track
Sitting in the back of her yellow 2005 Mustang convertible cruising around North Vancouver last month, Orene Askew was doing something she never thought would come true – filming a music video for her debut track. Askew – aka DJ O Show – is almost ready to drop her first hip-hop single, Status & Clarity…
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