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J.I.D’s Talent and Potential on Display in Live Performance (Concert Review)
By Jack M. Angelo, managing editor Atlanta has been at the forefront of hip-hop for at least fifteen...
Nujericans on the Real: Deindustrialization, Blending Puerto Rican Identity with Their Hip-Hop
In the latest episode of on the Real, New Jerusalem’s Nujericans discuss how deindustrialization shaped the New Jersey...
Baltimore’s Laytrel on the Real: How a Mother’s Honesty Protected Her Son
In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore by way of DC’s Laytrel discusses growing up around...
Hobo Johnson and the LoveMakers Bring Their Unique Take on Hip-Hop to the Fillmore (Concert Review and Photo Gallery)
By Jack M. Angelo, senior content creator Spoken word, poetry, rap and hip-hop have been inexorably linked since...
Scarlxrd’s First DC Stxp Shxws Prxmise, But Alsx Inexperience xf Rap-Metal Standxut
By Jack M. Angelo, Senior Content Producer Rap metal was inevitable. Nxt nu metal, nxt industrial rxck, but...
Joey Purp Shows DC Why We Should Be Paying Attention (Concert Review and Photo Gallery)
By Jack M. Angelo, Senior Content Producer Chicago is one of the most populated cities in the country,...
Baltimore’s Napaj on New EP “Be Safe,” Plight of the American Middle Class
StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a phone conversation with Baltimore emcee Napaj about his...
St. Ivan the Terrible on the Real: The Old Bronx, Need for Messages in Hip-Hop, Why Rap Is Journalism
In the latest episode of on the Real, Bronx emcee St. Ivan the Terrible breaks down what the...
Artist, Rapper, and Former Adult Star Heather Hunter on Her Various Creative Endeavors, Fighting Sex Trafficking
In the latest episode of on the Real, artist Heather Hunter, a painter, graff writer, photographer, rapper, and...