Hip-hop stuff to do in NYC

November 28, 2007 2:12 PM

The 17-year-old son of a friend from Austria is into hip-hop. He'll be visiting NYC on 7-10 December and wants to know how to find out about concerts, venues, etc. Can anybody tell me the relevant websites to send him to?
posted by seeminglee to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

How's his English? Can he navigate around the city and buy tickets and things?
posted by mdonley at 2:21 PM on November 28, 2007

ohmyrockness has compiled a pretty good list of live music venues and show listings around NYC. I'm sure there are some great indie hip-hop acts to be found, but it'll probably take some work to find them. Still, if it's live music he's looking for, regardless of genre, this is the place to go!
posted by kmtiszen at 2:36 PM on November 28, 2007

Time Out New York for sure.
posted by Bromius at 2:37 PM on November 28, 2007

Brooklynvegan's weekly hip hop round up
Ticketmaster's hip hop events in NYC for the next 30 days
Ticketweb search for hip-hop in NYC
Upcoming.yahoo.com events for NYC

It doesn't seem like there's a whole lot happening on those 3 days, though. Maybe there's some lesser known artists playing town...Good luck!
posted by kathryn at 2:47 PM on November 28, 2007

He'll definitely want to visit the Fat Beats store.
posted by YoungAmerican at 3:44 PM on November 28, 2007

Check out the Tools of War hip-hop newsletter. It's the best listing of live hip-hop in NYC. www.myspace.com/toolsofwar
posted by onthegreyriver at 5:39 PM on November 28, 2007

pollstar.com
posted by tatiana wishbone at 9:11 PM on November 28, 2007

Village Voice might be quite useful too.
posted by swisspotter at 2:41 AM on November 29, 2007