Evidence on New Album ‘Weather or Not,’ Fatherhood, and the Gentrification of Venice Beach
StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a phone conversation with Evidence (above, in a courtesy...
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on the Real: Mic Handz, Star of ‘Rap Star’ Web Series, on Coming Up in Brooklyn, Boot Camp, and Losing His Mother
In the latest episode of on the Real, Flatbush, BK’s, Mic Handz, star of the Maino-produced web series...
on the Real: Rock of Heltah Skeltah on Protecting the Youth, Censorship of Black Voices, Grieving the Loss of Sean Price
This story was originally published on January 7, 2018. In the latest episode of on the Real, Rock...
Rock Steady for Life’s Jansy Gonzalez on his Efforts to Aid Hurricane Maria Victims in Puerto Rico
StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a phone conversation with Rock Steady for Life’s Jansy...
on the Real: The Last American B-Boy on How He Became a Hip-Hop Swiss Army Knife, State of the Movement
In the latest episode of on the Real, Staten Island, NYC’s, The Last American B-Boy discusses the various...
Shabaam Sahdeeq Talks New Album “Timeless: of the Collection,” Minority Empowerment Through Ownership & Entrepreneurship
StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a phone conversation with Flatbush, BK’s, Shabaam Sahdeeq (above,...
Commentary: Trump’s FCC May Have Just Brought the Hammer Down on the Dreams of Young Hip-Hop Artists
By Roberto Alejandro, Editor-in-Chief As is being widely reported, the Federal Communications Commission, under the leadership of Trump...
Lil Pump Gets the Fillmore Lit, Some Teenagers Unprepared for the Mayhem
By Jack M. Angelo, Senior Video Director If you haven’t been paying attention for the last year or...
Rapsody Brings Her Power and Wisdom to the Triginarian Crowd at Baltimore Soundstage
By Jack M. Angelo, Senior Video Director Rapsody has been making music for more than a decade now,...
$UICIDEBOY$ Show Up Fashionably Late, Rock the Crowd, Chastise Security at The Fillmore on December 1
By Jack M. Angelo, Senior Video Director Underground Hip-Hop has existed since the genre was pulled from the...