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StayUp.News Presents the Music Video for JayRock Banga’s “Dumpin”

StayUp·January 6, 2019

Press play above to watch the music video for "Dumpin," by Brooklyn's JayRock Banga. Part music video, part documentary on inner city life, and produced by StayUp.News, "Dumpin" represents a rethinking of the way hip-hop journalists can cover inner city social issues.

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Tron Sagas on Having Something to Say because People are Listening

StayUp·December 23, 2018

In the latest episode of on the Real, the Bronx’s Tron Sagas discusses how his upbringing and travel...

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BX Producer/Emcee Trapadari on the Real: Why His Father Taught Him Knowledge of Self, to Be an Autodidact

StayUp·December 2, 2018

In the latest episode of on the Real, BX producer/emcee Trapadari discusses his upbringing in the Boogie Down,...

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Grand Daddy IU on the Real: “If It Don’t Have That Boom-Bap . . . It Cannot Be Hip-Hop”

StayUp·July 15, 2018

In the latest episode of on the Real, Hempstead’s Grand Daddy IU discusses his path to the streets...

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on the Real: DJ Diamond the Artist on His Origin Story, DJing for Prince, Why You Are Going to #RespecttheDJ

StayUp·May 27, 2018

Our latest episode of on the Real features the legendary DJ Diamond the Artist, whose credits include being...

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Crown Heights’s Skanks on Stop and Frisk Era NY, Rocking with Hip-Hop Legends at Age 11

StayUp·May 13, 2018

In the latest episode of on the Real, Crown Heights Brooklyn’s Skanks, from Bankai Fam, discusses coming up...

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on the Real: Soni WithanEye on New Album ‘Rebel,’ Growing Up in a Musical Family, Her Relationship with Tony Touch

StayUp·May 6, 2018

In the latest episode of on the Real, vocalist/DJ Soni WithanEYE discusses how her family shaped her love...

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Jaye Bradley on Self-Produced Debut EP ‘Final Four,’ Approach to Song Creation, Relationship with King Magnetic

StayUp·May 2, 2018

StayUp.News’s Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down with Easton, PA, by way of the Bronx producer-emcee Jaye Bradley,...

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Emcee, Beatboxer Redrum on Being True to the Elements, Fighting a Life-Threatening Health Scare

StayUp·April 1, 2018

At every on the Real interview shoot, we ask the artist being interviewed to “freestyle,” as we use...

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on the Real: Negash Ali on Growing Up an African Migrant in Denmark, How Hip-Hop Spoke to Him as a Black Man

StayUp·March 24, 2018

In the latest episode of on the Real, Negash Ali, the emcee-vocalist whose new album The Ascension is...

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