LIVE: Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival’s Salute The DJ

Photos by Gravity 508/ Couch Sessions / Brooklyn Bodega You didn’t just think that the Brooklyn Hip-Hop festival was one day did you? In fact, the festival is a week long, kicking off with last Monday’s Show and Prove and continuing with a discussion on J Dilla as well as the Salute the DJ event [...]

NYC: Salute the DJ with Bobbito, Waajeed, and DJ Spinna

Live: AudioTRIP at Lux Lounge

Dj Stylus, Dj Jahsonic, DJ Rich Medina, DJ Spinna Words by Cherisse Rivera. Photos by Jefry Andres Audio Trip”, a music, cuisine, and lifestyle event, took place Tuesday, May 18th, at Lux Lounge in Washington, DC’s Mount Vernon Square neighborhood. Originally, I didn’t know what direction the evening would take, but I knew that it [...]

PHOTOS: Q-Tip Michael Jackson Tribute at the Nokia Theatre, NYC

All photos: (c) Jaecyne Howell, MoonRisingNYC.com/Giant Step Unfortunately, I was not able to make it up to NYC this past weekend for not one, but two events celebrating birthday of Michael Jackson. While the Spike Lee event went on in Brooklyn, Q-Tip led an all star crew in Manhattan’s Nokia Theatre. With a lineup that [...]

EVENT: Wonderfull Inauguration Edition @ Liv

We all know that this city is going to be EXTRA crazy for come Inauguration time, and we’re going to have an Inauguration roundup for all of y’all who will be in the city that weekend. However, I wanted to post this event first so y’all get your tickets in advance. But yes, the highly [...]

Stevie Shows Up at Wonder-Ful, Bobbito in DC Tonight

I forgot to post about the latest incarnation of DJ Spinna’s and Bobbito’s Wonder-full tributes to the one and only, but I was in Georgia last weekend for my sister’s Med School graduation (Doctor in the house!). Of course, these parties are always off the chain, but there was even more of a reason to [...]

DJ Spinna at XM Satellite Radio, Red Bull Sub-Session

DJ Spinna is one of the few hip-hop DJs that has crossed the lines of house, soul, and R&B, and manages to do it more effectively than any artist of his time. The Brooklyn based MC has had a long career as a party DJ, as well as an MC and producer. Last Thursday, I [...]