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Main man of Mattapan

Ask any group of teens on Blue Hill Ave how many of them rap and you'll get more affirmatives than you would surveying kids at Mass and Boylston for slap-bass skills. Allston might be a crab bucket of indie-rockers, and one in three JP residents is an a
From the curb to the club with Singapore Kane
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 04, 2009
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Present perfect

For some hip-hop heads, artists like Mickey Factz represent everything that reeks in rap. Between his bypassing the rugged underground, blowing up on-line, and occasionally kicking Kanye-esque arrogance, he's an easy target for so-called purists.
Mickey Factz is here to catch your asses up.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  March 02, 2009
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Review: The Roots of Hip-Hop

Everybody wants to claim hip-hop.
Harte (2009)
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 12, 2009
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Starting from Scratch

If the hip-hop generation ever calls for martial law, the revolution will be sponsored by Scion. The rectangularly adventurous car company is our closest corporate ally, bankrolling a large segment of the low-slung-pants community, and providing the res
The Upsetter screens at the Coolidge
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  November 25, 2008
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Men from Mars(eille)

“Un jour ou l’autre, parlera l’Europe marseillais” — “Sooner or later, Europe will speak Marseille.”  
Lo Còr de la Plana invade Boston
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  October 02, 2008

Crossword: 'The big mix-up'


No theme, no problem
By MATT JONES  |  August 23, 2006
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King of nothing

He's known around the world as a crate digger -- an obsessive, irrepressible record fan who will don rubber gloves to find a lost gem. DJ Amir discusses Kings of Diggin' (YouTube)
Boston’s DJ Kon rejects the crown, plus Millions and Bruno
By DAVID DAY  |  July 27, 2006

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