Presented by D-Nice : "This is the story of a homeless rapper I met on the streets of Brooklyn. There’s a part of me that feels for him because it’s quite obvious he suffered a great deal as a child. But it’s hard to show sympathy for a man who has lived life the way he has. I guess everyone d...

Y'all youngsters don't even realize how BIG Brand Nubian were in hip hop and on the streets when One For All dropped. I'm not even sure the album ever even went Gold but its impact was Graduation, Tha Carter III, Get Rich or Die Tryin'-sized big regardless because the album stayed hot for damn near ...

Great as usual. I told Derrick that Monie is like the sister in hip hop I never had with her mangled-ass England-by-way-of-NYC accent - no disrespect to my real sister of course! "Ladies First" is still a helluva song and I guess, "Monie in the Middle" was a lot bigger than I remember it being 'cos ...

From the D-Nice Gallery where you can order high-quality prints. Read D-Nice's memories of seeing the Beasties live from his blog: "I remember attending the "Together Forever" concert at Madison Square Garden in 1987 where Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys performed live. Imagine this... over 20,000 peop...

The Rub has sort of become an institution in the world of monthly dance parties in New York City, running since 2002 in many different iterations.  But the goal remains the same.  Get people to hang out and rock their shit exhausted.  Bringing on some of the best DJs in the party scene over the y...