Tag Archives: Big Daddy Kane

Souleo: Big Daddy Kane, the Soul Man?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Big Daddy Kane

Harlem Father

Hip-hop legend, Big Daddy Kane could spend the rest of his career performing his classic songs all over the world without switching up a single beat. Continue reading →

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‘The BEST OF New Voices in Black Cinema’ At MIST Harlem

Posted on November 8, 2012 by | 3 Comments

Filmmakers and Cast at select screenings

ActNow Foundation is proud to present our expansion of New Voices in Black Cinema, our ongoing film festival based at Brooklyn’s BAMcinèmatek that reflects the wide spectrum within the African diaspora community by presenting new and compelling voices in Black independent cinema, with the announcement of our new ongoing series with The Best of New Voices in Black Cinema, a choice collection of films from previous years that will travel throughout New York City and the nation. Continue reading →

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Uncle Ralph McDaniels, Telling the Story of NY’s Hip-Hop Scene

Posted on March 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Ralph McDaniels punched the pause button on the big flat-screen television in his Long Island studio.

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Big L Remembered On ’139 & Lenox,’ (video)

Posted on September 1, 2010 by | 2 Comments

More than a decade after the posthumous release of Big L‘s ‘The Big Picture,’ a new compilation of the rapper’s songs is in stores today. Continue reading →

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One Night, One Stage, Thirty years: Celebrating Hip Hop at the Apollo

Posted on July 16, 2009 by | Leave a comment

busy bee and moe dee

Hip Hop royalty took the stage at the Apollo last week, marking the 30 year anniversary of The Treacherous Three.  With folks doing the wop, Pee Wee Herman, and, of course, the Doug E., you would have thought the year was 1989, not 2009.

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Salters Scene: Big Daddy In Harlem

Posted on August 15, 2008 by | Leave a comment

From Brooklyn to Harlem

By Derrick Slaters

 

Brooklyn ’s own Big Daddy Kane took it uptown to Harlem as he performed in Marcus Garvey Park .  Another free event by the City Parks Foundation’s CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon. The crowded amphitheatre pumped their fists in the air and danced to the beats despite a rainy New York City evening. Continue reading →

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