Grand Daddy IU on the Real: “If It Don’t Have That Boom-Bap . . . It Cannot Be Hip-Hop”
In the latest episode of on the Real, Hempstead’s Grand Daddy IU discusses his path to the streets...
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Crown Heights’s Skanks on Stop and Frisk Era NY, Rocking with Hip-Hop Legends at Age 11
In the latest episode of on the Real, Crown Heights Brooklyn’s Skanks, from Bankai Fam, discusses coming up...
Jaye Bradley on Self-Produced Debut EP ‘Final Four,’ Approach to Song Creation, Relationship with King Magnetic
StayUp.News’s Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down with Easton, PA, by way of the Bronx producer-emcee Jaye Bradley,...
on the Real: Decaf Black on Providing His Family the Stability Poverty Deprived Him of
In the latest episode of on the Real, New York’s Decaf Black discusses growing up having to move...
on the Real: Negash Ali on Growing Up an African Migrant in Denmark, How Hip-Hop Spoke to Him as a Black Man
In the latest episode of on the Real, Negash Ali, the emcee-vocalist whose new album The Ascension is...
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 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...
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...
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...