Pearl Gates on New Album ‘Live from the First,’ Carving a More Positive Path Out the Hood
StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a phone conversation with Washington Heights, NYC, emcee Pearl...
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on the Real: Bed-Stuy Brooklyn’s Jay Rock on the Projects, That Fast Life, Getting Out the Hood for Your Children
In the latest episode of on the Real, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn’s Jay Rock discusses what it is like to...
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...
Puerto Rico’s Plight Shows Hollowness of Left’s “Revolution”
By Roberto E. Alejandro, editor-in-chief The longer I cover poverty in the American urban context, and the politics...
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: Ruste Juxx on Stop & Frisk, Sean Price, New Album ‘International Juxx’
In the latest episode of on the Real, Boot Camp affiliate Ruste Juxx discusses coming up in Crown...
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,...
AJ Suede on New Album ‘Gotham Fortress,’ Skate Culture, Gentrification in E. Harlem
StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a phone conversation with Seattle by way of Stroudsburg,...
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...
“Your Biggest Friends . . . Become Your Biggest Enemies.” Max Pain on Gang Life, Fatherhood
In the latest episode of on the Real, emcee Max Pain discusses growing up in a gang, watching...