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Cross dressing MC Mykki Blanco recently revealed he has been living with HIV for the last four years. Taking to his FaceBook page, the New York artist said he was tired of keeping his diagnosis in the dark. "Ive been HIV Positive since 2011, my entire career," he worte...

Another year gone by, another twelve months of great albums, mixtapes and songs to soundtrack various parties, commutes and roadtrips. But it's also been a banner year for artwork, be it for mixtapes or albums, across the board. 2013 saw the resurgence of hand-drawn covers, a particular focus o…

Mykki Blanco doesn’t necessary fit the mold of a regular rapper, but has built a significant buzz on his own. The New York-based artist just released his well-received EP, Betty Rubble: The Initiation, in May. On the heels of EP, he’s become the next artist for Nardwu…

It’s been a year since the release of Mykki Blanco’s breakout video, “Join My Militia (Nas Gave Me A Perm).” Since then, he’s been on both North American and European tours, covered The Village Voice and has arguably be…

Fresh off his Village Voice cover, Mykki Blanco releases a new video “Feeling Special” as an exclusive District MTV X co-production with Academy Films. In the clip, we see the transformation of Michael David Quattlebaum into his alter-ego...

Michael Quattlebaum Jr., a 27-year-old Harlem-based poet and performance artist is a bit of a maverick. With roots in North Carolina and California, he’s actually enjoying his second stay in New York City. As a sixteen-year-old he fled from home and darted for the city to live on his…

For those of us who grew up on New York hip-hop, we remember the glory days of the Golden Era, when there was no shortage of incredibly diverse rappers in the game, delivering their own unique brands of hip-hop to the world from the genre's main stage...