Avenue

The instrumental that resurrected the Harlem Shake.

Boston rappers that flourish are few and far between, so when someone actually has promise, it shows. After bubbling in the city's underground scene for years, Avenue has been on a roll in 2015, dropping one single after another leading up to his debut album, The Chandelier View...

Boston rapper Avenue has been making waves lately with a couple of new cuts and visuals ahead of the release of his next project, The Chandelier View. Today he releases the new video for his song "Float," featuring Deon Chase and SlumDog Hill from his Summer of Ninety One crew. The...

For years, when people thought about Boston hip-hop, there was only one name that popped up—Guru, as one half of Gang Starr with DJ Premier. The city, long a hotbed for punk and indie rock—not to mention the arena-sized egos of Aerosmith and Boston—has slipped under the radar for decades on the hip-hop side of things; even Guru left the Bean for the more hip-hop-savvy shores of Brooklyn. But thes

Photography by Jens Olson-Kikuchi, The Come Up  DC native Phil Ade shut the stage down at The Studio at Webster Hall last night. The upcoming rapper made his stop in NYC as a part of his R.O.S.E tour, alongside the BX’s very own, The Kid Daytona. The show was h...