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Which artist, scene, or album made them want to create hip-hop art? Here’s what a dozen artists, producers, DJs and others they told us.

Eight rappers entered; one walked out the Grandmaster of the Chamber, a burgeoning new gauntlet for Boston’s performing artists. After eight previous Chambers of buildup and 64 artists competing, these eight weathered battle rappers took to the stage at Hibernian Hall on Sept. 23 for a chance at the title and $5,000 prize.  The rappers,...

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Passim awards grant to Roslindale singer Community Content Passim recently awarded $40,141 in grants to 24 musicians through its Iguana Music Fund, including Roslindale singer and multi-instrumentalist Sadie Gustafson-Zook. The Iguana Music Fund awards grants annually to musicians for career building projects and for projects that provide community service through music. Established in 2008 after an anonymous donor approached Passim with the idea to start a program to support local artists’ career growth, the fund provides grants from $500 to $2,000 for musicians with a “strong New Englan...

Passim awards 2020 Iguana Music Fund Grants Community Content Passim recently awarded over $40,000 to 24 musicians through its 2020 Iguana Music Fund, including Brighton-based harpist and composer Màiri Chaimbeul and Allston-based folk musicians Casey Murray and Molly Tucker and Dave Richardson. The grants will help Chaimbeul, Murray and Tucker and Richardson release new albums.  The Iguana Music Fund awards gifts annually to musicians for career building projects and for projects that provide community service through music and are allocated in the areas of recording or manufacturing assis...