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DIG 23.05 – 4/8/21

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AROUND MY WAY: THE PULL UP

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted March 28, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction

The latest quarterly expression of their mutual affection, the Pull Up, will showcase the area’s emerging and established talent. But for this unique crew, it’s not just about seeing artists perform live—it’s about the building of community that comes from regular connections, and fixing systems that for too long have denied people an equal shot.

Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: Around My Way, BINJ, Boston, Boston History, Cambridge, DJs, Dutch Rebelle, Geespin, hip hop, KBX, Killer BoomBox, live music, Marquis Neal, Massachusetts, MCs, Middle East, Music, NEONE, producers, The Channel, The Pull Up, the rat

LESSON PLAN: HOW CAMBRIDGE MC MILLYZ SKIPPED HARVARD AND MIT TO GO WORLDWIDE

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted September 21, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction

Millyz background

“It’s two different worlds,” Millyz says about the gap between the colleges and blocks that he grew up on. “They never really mixed when I was growing up. You would see college students in Central Square, but in the actual neighborhoods you didn’t see that. It’s just different. When I was growing up, these were all zombies walking. These were million-dollar drug blocks.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: #AMWKBX, Around My Way, Cambridge, Cousin Stizz, greg ball, hip hop, KBX, KillerBoomBox, lessons, Millyz, rindge, roc dukati, trap

AROUND MY WAY PART I: AVENUE

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted May 3, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Specials

South End rapper Avenue wants to tell you a story about how it all got started way back when

Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Specials Tagged With: #AMWKBX, Around My Way, arts journalism, Ave, avenue, BIA, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cook To Kill, Dorchester, frank the butcher, G. Valentino Ball, hip hop, Journalism, KBX, KillerBoomBox, Massachusetts, Music, Robert “Problak” Gibbs, Roxbury, south end, The Archetype

INTRODUCING … AROUND MY WAY (#AMWKBX)

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted May 3, 2017 Filed Under: MUSIC

A project from KillerBoomBox and the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: #AMWKBX, Around My Way, arts journalism, Ave, avenue, BIA, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cook To Kill, Dorchester, frank the butcher, G. Valentino Ball, hip hop, Journalism, KBX, KillerBoomBox, Massachusetts, Music, Robert “Problak” Gibbs, Roxbury, south end, The Archetype

FROM AROUND THE WAY TO AROUND THE WORLD

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted January 18, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction

The history behind the New Edition Story

Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: Bell Biv Devoe, BET, Bobby, Bobby Brown, Boston, Dudley Square, Geespin, Maurice Starr, Michael Bivens, New Edition, Ralph Tresvant, Roxbury, Stephen Hill, The New Edition Story

RESPECT THE ARCHITECTS: EMORY ‘VEGAS’ JONES AND KAREEM ‘BIGGS’ BURKE POP UP IN BOSTON

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted December 13, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

'When you take them and match them together they complement each other. That means you got everything, from street to classy. It’s like gumbo.'

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Can I Live, Concepts, Dame Dash, Emory Vegas Jones, harvard square, Hova, Jay Z, Kareen Biggs Burke, Reasonable Doubt, Roc Nation, Roc96

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