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‘Can You Dig It?’: New podcast traces how a Puerto Rican-Jewish gang leader helped create hip-hop in the Bronx

Benjamin “Yellow Benjy” Melendez and the Ghetto Brothers brokered a truce among 50 gangs that led to safer streets, a flourishing of public art and, ultimately, the birth of hip-hop.

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The Jewish writer and actor who’s ‘the voice of black America’

(JTA) — Danny Strong is probably most recognizable as being “that Jewish guy” on TV — he played eager adman wannabe Danny Siegel on “Mad Men” and the nerdy, perennial victim Jonathan Levinson on “Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.” But, among those in the know, Strong may be best known as the “voice of black America,” as […]

This Jewish biographer is behind Broadway’s hip-hop ‘Hamilton’

‘The last thing I would have expected,’ admits the award-winning Jewish biographer, who served as a historical consultant for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s unprecedented smash.

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DJ diplomacy: 2 nightclubs in Tel Aviv and Berlin celebrating a half-century of friendship

Seinfeld’s Back With A Rap Album About Nothing

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Seinfeld’s Back With Another Rap Album About Nothing

Mindblowing Israeli Hip-Hop that Explodes the Hebrew Alphabet

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Meet Victoria Hanna, The Israeli Hip-Hop Artist Who’ll Blow Your Mind

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Listen to Drake’s new song about getting angry when he’s up late

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The Secret Underbelly of the Shtetl

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Hip-Hop Vaudeville

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The Future of Jewish Music Is Not Adam Sandler

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