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RIP Lemmy, you beautiful bastard

December 29, 2015 By Coleman Bentley

In case you haven’t been on Twitter in the last 12 hours, yesterday Motörhead frontman, Devil’s cavalry vanguard, and all-round rock n’ roll badass, Lemmy Kilmister, succumbed to a fittingly brief-but-tenacious battle with cancer at the age of 70. Plenty of words have already been written, and plenty more are sure to come, but for […]

Filed Under: Music, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: Lemmy Kilmister, Motorhead, R.I.P.

Born and Bred in Brooklyn, U.S.A., they call him Adam Yauch, but he's M.C.A.

May 4, 2012 By Chris Boyette

Rest In Peace August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012 It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam “MCA” Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, passed away […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Greenpoint, Music, News, Uncategorized, Videos Tagged With: Adam Yauch, beastie boys, hip hop, MCA, R.I.P.

R.I.P Heavy D

November 9, 2011 By Annick Mayer

As tweeted by the wise Wendy Williams, “RIP Heavy D…..love you like cooked food!” Real talk.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Heavy D, hip hop, R.I.P., Wendy Williams

Ray Deter of D.B.A. Passes Away

July 5, 2011 By J. Rachel Reyes

Ray Deter, owner of D.B.A., was taken off life support and died on Sunday night. Deter was riding his bike when he was fatally struck by a car at the intersection of Canal Street and West Broadway. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. We send deepest condolences to Deter’s family, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bars, D.B.A., News, R.I.P.

R.I.P. B.I.G.

March 9, 2011 By Chris Boyette

On this day in 1997 Brooklyn lost a famous son, and Hip Hop lost a legend. Christopher George Latore Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G., and Big Poppa died after being shot in California; the victim of a much debated unsolved drive-by case. We all know the story. Avoid the west coast, pour some […]

Filed Under: Music, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bed Stuy, Biggie, East Coast-West Coast, Gangsta Rap, hip hop, R.I.P.



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