If Baltimore’s JPEGMAFIA Does Not Blow Up in Near Future, World is Cruelly Unfair (Concert Review and Photo Gallery)
By Jack M. Angelo, Senior Content Producer The city of Baltimore has participated in the culture of Hip-Hop...
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Mujer con Voz on the Real: Her Poetry and Navigating Two Cultural Identities as a Dominican Immigrant in America
In the latest episode of on the Real, poet Mujer con Voz describes the limbo of existing between...
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...
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...
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,...
Writers: Bio from Tats Cru on a Lifetime in Graffiti, Evolution of the Art Form
In the latest episode of Writers—StayUp.News’s segment documenting graffiti artists—Bronx, NY, graffiti legend Bio details his personal history...
on ‘Courageous,’ the Redemption Story of Notorious W Baltimore Drug Dealer Avon “Flubber” Johnson
In this report from StayUp.News producer Tajh Thomas and senior video director Jack M. Angelo, author Corey Jay...
on the Real: Illa Ghee, from Surviving NYC’s Crack Era Streets, to Rapping and Filmmaking
In the latest episode of on the Real, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn’s Illa Ghee discusses surviving the streets of New...