The Early Years of Hip-Hop in Photography
This is a discussion and presentation by 3 photographers who captured some of the earliest photographs of the hip-hop culture in New York City during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Some of the images in...
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This is a discussion and presentation by 3 photographers who captured some of the earliest photographs of the hip-hop culture in New York City during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Some of the images in...
Peace party people, I was able to enjoy listening to 5 out of 6 female DJ’s who played at LPn’ Harmony in Williamsburg Brooklyn on February 15, 2015. There were some really good DJ’s...
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by @shakiem007 · Published July 14, 2014 · Last modified April 19, 2015
Recently, I spent some time with the hip-hop group Cause And Effect in Queens, NY. The duo, consisting of Mighty Buda and Shabazz See, have been rhyming together for more than 20 years and...
by @shakiem007 · Published January 25, 2014 · Last modified February 25, 2015
The Astoria DJ Group features a collective of DJs who get together to spin a variety of music — every first and third Sunday of the month — at LP& Harmon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn....
Here’s a video of the latest DJ Shakiem Hip-Hop Mixtape on Podomatic and in iTunes. Take a listen and enjoy.
This year’s fourth annual “Is Hip-Hop Histor” conference began with a reception for “Uncle” Ralph McDaniels to recognize his 30th anniversary of hosting the first hip-hop video program Video Music Box. The keynote speaker...
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by @shakiem007 · Published March 3, 2013 · Last modified January 25, 2014
Writer, director and hip-hop critic Nelson George hosted a screening and discussion of the 1985 hip-hop movie “Krush Groove” on March 1, 2013 at NJPAC. The panelists were Bill Stephney and Bill Adler. Stephney...
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by @shakiem007 · Published August 22, 2012 · Last modified November 27, 2013
Thursday August 16, 2012 was a beautiful day in the NYC tri-state area and Rakim was scheduled to perform at NJPAC. The opening act was b.FUNK a live hip-hop/funk band. They warmed up the...
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by @shakiem007 · Published July 18, 2012 · Last modified July 19, 2013
2012’s Brooklyn Bodega Hip-Hop Festival was absolutely LEGENDARY! Some of the under-card artists included Ka, Chuuwee, $amhill and Fat Tony. For the main event, Busta started things up by performing many of his hits back...
BrooklynBodega and The Brooklyn Historical Society put on a (#BEI)Bodega Education Initiative on Thursday May 5th, 2012 to discuss the origins of Video Music Box and MoCADA and how they connected for “The Box...
There were two very informative and well done articles on the monumental shake up in urban radio in New York City two weeks ago. In fact, the title of this piece comes from the...
P. General from Flatbush Brooklyn has just released his Bush Kept Secret Vol 2. He had a listening party at Delroy’s on Fenimore Av in Flatbush on Friday night that was very well attended....
EMP Conference 2012 Moderator: Dan Charnas Panelists: Bill Stephney, Brian Coleman, BreakBeat Lou Flores and Joe Schloss Much respect to my man BreakBeat Lou for making the breaks available to DJ’s like me. Those...
BrooklynBodega.com and Brooklyn Historical Society recently joined forces to pay homage to Heavy D and trace the link between him and another lyrical and physical heavyweight in hip hop, the Notorious B.I.G. A dope...
Del F. Cowie, “Hardly Home, But Always Reppin’: The Evolution of Toronto’s Hip-hop Sound” A discussion about the history of the hip-hop scene in T-Dot, Toronto Canada
This was the 3rd annual Is Hip Hop History? Conference. organized by Warren Orange and Elena Romero of the Center for Worker Education, CCNY the theme was “The Battle“. The first day of the...
Apollo The Great – “Minute To The Top”
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The American Museum of Natural History hosted a day of family-friendly activities on Saturday February, 18th 2012 in New York City. The highlight of the evening was a discussion with DMC of RUN-DMC. He...
Red Bull Music Academy Session Brooklyn Conversation with Buckshot & Dru Ha Public Assembly Brooklyn, NY Buckshot and Dru Ha talk about how they first met and how their relationship developed, leading to the...