on the Real: The Arsonists’ D-Stroy on Surviving NYC’s Crack Era, and How Gentrification Remixed Bushwick

In the latest episode of on the Real, D-Stroy of the legendary Arsonists discusses his musical inheritance, surviving New York City’s crack epidemic, and how gentrification has ‘remixed’ his old neighborhood of Bushwick, BK. The Arsonists’ classic debut As the World Burns has been rereleased and is available now as a double CD package from Below System Records.

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