New York Hip Hop Talk Radio – Presented by Birthplace Magazine (www.BirthplaceMag.com)
After our amazing journey to Lyon, France to cover the L’Original Festival, (which we covered the previous week, broadcasting live from Lyon!) we’re back on U.S. soil, discussing the rest of our overseas trip and speaking about a few things in our hometown, including hip hop media’s embarrassing self-destructive efforts and Peter Rosenberg’s attempt at [...]
Birthplace Magazine was invited to cover the 10th anniversary of L’Original Festival, a huge, multi-day hip hop festival in Lyon, France. Editor in Chief Manny Faces traveled to Lyon to witness the festival first hand, and, despite a 6-hour time difference, managed to host episode 047 of The NY Hip Hop Report live from his [...]
With no particular topic at hand, and no guest lined up, The NY Hip Hop Report followed its most basic script, hearty hip hop discussion between show hosts Manny Faces and Steve Ortiz, of Birthplace Magazine, calls from listeners (L.A. on the check in!), and a Manny Faces rant (one in particular against Kim Osorio, [...]
The diversity of New York hip hop is what continues to make our City the Mecca of the music and culture. Tonight, show hosts Manny Faces and Steve Ortiz of Birthplace Magazine engaged in talk regarding the variety of artists and styles, highlighting some recent songs, videos events and projects that celebrate the vast landscape [...]
After an encore broadcast of a fascinating interview with television pioneer and hip hop icon Ralph McDaniels, show hosts Manny Faces and Steven Ortiz returned to the live e-airwaves to speak on several topics, including a recap of the Video Music Box 30-year anniversary kickoff event the two attended. During that historic event, Steve Ortiz spoke [...]
Mayhem Lauren and Pitchfork. A$AP Rocky and Spin. Chief Keef and Pitchfork. B.Dot and Spin… The recent backlash against media coverage of hip hop, particularly by some of the aforementioned participants in hip hop, caught the eyes and ears of Birthplace Magazine editor-in-chief and show host Manny Faces, who penned an editorial on the matter, [...]
Finally getting back to some semblance of normalcy after the craziness that Hurricane Sandy delivered to New York, The NY Hip Hop Report ushered in its 27th straight episode, and was back to discussing a variety of topics of interest to hip hop heads. Hurricane Sandy wasn’t totally forgotten however, as for much of the show, hosts Manny [...]
In the spirit of Fashion Week, The NY Hip Hop Report spoke with Elena Romero, author of her new book, Free Stylin’: How Hip Hop Changed The Fashion Industry. Ms. Romero shared her vast insight on the subject, and of course as usual, hosts Manny Faces and Steven Ortiz talked NY hip hop in general, [...]
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 [...]
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