Boston and hip-hop: Dart Adams on the city's forgotten rap history
Boston’s overlooked and underappreciated Black music scene and how it affected rap over the years.
Source: bostonglobe.com
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From North Shore rapper M-Dot, the toils of a working man
The 2010 Boston Music Award winner has resurfaced with his new album, “Ego and the Enemy 2,” a full resolution to his autobiographical breakthrough work that bolstered his reputation as a blue-collar MC.
Source: bostonglobe.com
My favorite Gang Starr album, 'Moment of Truth' — which turned 25 — was an album that helped me dive headfirst into becoming a hip-hop head
The fifth album from the duo of Guru and DJ Premier is full of songs that demonstrated how on top of the game Gang Starr was in 1998.
Source: thegrio.com
Interview: Douglas Stuart, Author Of 'Shuggie Bain' : NPR
Douglas Stuart's debut novel follows a queer Scottish boy growing up in Thatcher-era Glasgow, with his alcoholic mother and taxi-driver father. It's an unvarnished tale of love, loss and survival.
Source: npr.org