on the Real: BedStuy Chew on the Mean Streets of 80s Brooklyn, Wading in Hip-Hop
In the latest episode of on the Real, Brooklyn’s BedStuy Chew describes the kill or be killed mentality...
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on the Real: the Team from Guerrilla Grooves Radio on Their Journeys Through Hip-Hop
In the latest episode of on the Real, the team from Guerrilla Grooves Radio (GGR) discuss their respective...
“We’re Trying to Better Ourselves, Better Our City, Better Our Family.” From BK to VA, Bloodline on the Real
The latest episode of on the Real features a duo out of Brooklyn, NYC consisting of two cousins...
on the Real: Philly by Way of the Bronx Emcee Darq on How the Poor Are Denied Tools of Economic Empowerment
In the latest episode of on the Real, Philly by way of the Bronx emcee Darq discusses what...
on the Real: Newark’s M1 on Landing in Prison and Doing Better for His Son
In the latest episode of on the Real, Newark, New Jersey’s M1 discusses the streets of Newark, and...
on the Real: Baltimore’s S.N.O.T., from Childhood with Addicted Parents to Becoming a Father
In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore’s S.N.O.T. details the challenges he faced as a young...
Belgium’s DJ Koss on New Album ‘Born to Live,’ Hip-Hop’s Universal Message
StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a Skype conversation with Belgian DJ and Producer Koss,...
How “Tap Dat,” by Sorcez Dieniro feat. Beast da Bully & Huli Shallone, Happened
In this special presentation from StayUp.News, Baltimore’s Sorcez Dieniro, Beast da Bully, and Huli Shallone discuss the making...
Sorry State of the Culture on Display at Talib Kweli Show in DC
This story was originally published Sept. 7, 2017. By Roberto E. Alejandro, editor-in-chief The Roots’ 1999 classic Things...
on the Real: Baltimore Emcee Jamma Wun on Fatherhood, Challenging the Worship of “Toughness”
In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore emcee Jamma Wun describes growing up in Baltimore outside...