hip-hop

02 Feb 2023

This “Qamp” Co-Created a Full Album in 3 Days

I first met rapper, artist, and producer Casey Cope when I saw him perform during SoFar Sounds a few months back. Soon after, I learned of a project he was co-leading which brought together dozens of other Bay Area musicians and producers who were coming together to create a full

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11 Oct 2022

Does Kanye West Hate Jews?

Kanye West has always been a complicated figure in the pop culture landscape. Early in his career, his outbursts were honest critiques of political figures that needed to be said. During an event like Hurricane Katrina, when black people were being gunned down for trying to get supplies because the

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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09 Oct 2020

Heads of Hip-Hop is the Free Poster Collection You’ve Always Wanted

Jimmy Love began drawing his favorite hip-hop legends and making the posters free for the community to download and print.

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28 Jan 2020

We wanna send you to see Atmosphere at the Regency Ballroom!

Over Atmosphere’s twenty-year career they have managed to continually tweak and strive to perfect their formula, while neither straying too far off their path, nor resorting to playing it safe. Musically, Ant has continued to define Atmosphere’s sound, ranging from a healthy mixture of upbeat and fun, to the oft

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12 Feb 2019

Meet The Hip Hop Drag Queen Of Boston and New York

There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress who thinks he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a difference,

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27 Jun 2018

7 Reasons to Kick-Off Your Summer with Demo Nights

This post was made possible by the fine folks putting on Demo Nights. Wanna get your stuff on here? Holler at Alex@BrokeAssStuart.com Summer is here, the heat is on and presumably we’re all looking for just the right spectacle to put us into that sweet summer mood.  So what’s the

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19 Apr 2018

We wanna send you and bae to see Yasiin Bey!

Yasiin Bey, best known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American hip hop recording artist, actor, and activist. Best known for his music, Mos Def embarked on his hip hop career in 1994, alongside his siblings in the short-lived rap group Urban Thermo Dynamics (UTD), after which he

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16 Jan 2018

Hip Hop is Everywhere in Oakland

Hip hop is everywhere in Oakland. The city literally oozes soul. Locals have opportunities to see known artists at big venues or get in on one of the many (cheap) annual festivals. One of the most evolved of these is

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