Archive for July, 2012

The NY Hip Hop Report with Manny Faces, presented by Birthplace Magazine, continued in full force Sunday, July 29, with our 11th episode. After a huge jump in archive listens for Episode 010, Manny and BirthplaceMag.com Senior Staff Writer Steven Ortiz welcomed a similarly large jump in live listeners this week, resulting in several phone [...]

Episode 010! Double digits! The NY Hip Hop Report with Manny Faces, presented by Birthplace Magazine, reached this milestone on Sunday, July 22, with a spirited discussion of New York hip hop, including advocating for the live hip hop music scene in New York City. BirthplaceMag.com founder and Editor-in-Chief Manny Faces, joined by Senior Staff [...]

The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival was recapped during Episode 009 of The NY Hip Hop Report with Manny Faces, presented by Birthplace Magazine. New York hip hop history was made as Busta Rhymes, who headlined the event, reunited with Leaders of the New School and brought out A Tribe Called Quest for a rousing rendition of [...]

For Episode 008 of The NY Hip Hop Report, BirthplaceMag.com founder/EIC Manny Faces and Senior Staff Writer Steven Ortiz discuss New York hip hop, as always. Discussions included upcoming hip hop events in the New York area, a new release from 50 Cent, Frank Ocean’s announcement and other issues. We also spoke with Wes Jackson, the [...]

On July 30, listener-funded, commercial free WBAI Radio in New York City hosted the annual edition of Ife Dancy Presents The Hip Hop TakeOver, a 24-hour long block of hip hop related programming, curated by radio personality Ife Dancy. The yearly Hip Hop TakeOver invites many different hip hop-related personalities to host hour or longer segments [...]

Birthplace Magazine founder and editor-in-chief Manny Faces delivers the bi-weekly segment version of “The NY Hip Hop Report,” which airs during The Show with Ife and G-Man, on NYC’s WBAI (99.5fm), every other Wednesday, from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. Be sure to catch our full weekly version of “The NY Hip Hop Report” live, Sundays, from 10p-11p. [...]

For Episode 007 of The NY Hip Hop Report, BirthplaceMag.com founder/EIC Manny Faces and Senior Staff Writer Steven Ortiz discuss their appearance on Ife Dancy Presents The Hip Hop TakeOver on WBAI in New York City over the past weekend, and discussed a wide range of topics, including some New York-area hip hop artists making [...]


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