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La Excelencia To Storm Dartmouth

La Excelencia, a young Bronx-based band that’s widely acclaimed for reviving the boisterous, socially conscious and highly danceable salsa dura of the ‘70s, plays the Hop’s Spaulding Auditorium on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 07:00 p.m.
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The Enemy Bring In The Bronx Man For New Album

The band have revealed that Joby Ford from The Bronx band is producing their next album....
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French Montana Signs With Bad Boy

Bronx rapper French Montana has been tapped by Diddy to join his Bad Boy Records empire. The veteran hip-hop impresario made the announcement on BET’s ’106 & Park’ Thursday....
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Digable Planets Reunites With Ladybug Mecca, Featuring U.G.O. Crew

It has been 7 years since Ladybug Mecca (a.k.a. LadybugMek) performed with the original Digable Planets, and her upcoming special one-time NYC and LA appearances with the group as well as featured artist U.G.O. Crew are going to be memorable events marking a long overdue reunion for their worldwide following....
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Sacred Music In A Sacred Space

Hailed by The New York Times as “a technically nimble and dynamic organist,” Renée Anne Louprette has established a formidable international career as organ recitalist, accompanist and conductor. Ms. Louprette was recently appointed Organist and Associate Director of Music and the Arts of Trinity Wall Street in New York City, where she will collaborate with the renowned Trinity Choir under the directorship of Dr. Julian Wachner. ...
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Anthrax Day In Bronx

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is declaring Anthrax Day in the Bronx the same day the group take the stage for the Yankee Stadium Big 4 concert featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax....
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Notorious PhD Raps Against Gentrification In Bronx

While the Notorious B.I.G.’s former neighborhood of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn has gone through a great deal of gentrification, the “Notorious PHd,” fights to make sure the Bronx doesn’t go the way of Clinton Hill too....
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Paul McCartney Set To Rock At Yankee Stadium In Bronx

Two years back he rocked the Mets’ Citi Field, and now, ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’ Paul McCartney is going to repeat history as he gears up to perform at Yankee Stadium on July 15, 2011....
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Bronx's Emerging Music Talent

Next Friday, April 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m., some of Bronx’s best emerging talent will compete in the Bronx round of WNYC’s Battle of the Boroughs. Here is a sample of the diverse contenders taking part:...
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The Baby-Boy From Biggie's Album Cover Is Finally Found

The cute baby from Biggie Smalls' iconic Ready to Die album cover has been located. Keithroy Yearwood, who grew up in Bronx, is now an 18-year-old high school senior. He was paid $150 for the two-hour modeling agency shoot in which he posed in diapers and an impressive Afro. And here all were, thinking the cover was an early picture of Big himself! ...
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Vin Keatin Releases Debut Ep Certified

Emerging R&B singer Vin Keatin is a break from the habitual hip-thrusting, pop-like music that passes for rhythm and blues today. ...
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Philharmonic Plays 5th-Grader's Work

Ten-year-old Nuha Dolby is heading to Lincoln Center for a performance by the New York Philharmonic of "Voices of Darkness" — her very own composition....
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Hip Hop Founder In Bad Health

Kool DJ Herc, the deejay many credit with founding hip hop music is very ill without health insurance to help him pay his medical bills. ...
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Bronx Opera Company Returns

The 44-year-old Bronx Opera Company will be bringing their production of Auber's Fra Diavolo to Hunter College's Kaye playhouse in Manhattan tonight. After last weekend's performances at Lehman college the show has travelled to the island of Manhattan. ...
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American Idol Hopeful Slams Bronx

Borough President Ruben Diaz blasted “American Idol” for the portrayal of the Bronx as a drug-infested kill zone of gang violence when showing a video of contestant Travis Orlando. Is Idol’s portrayal accurate or overblown? Check out the video for yourself. ...
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Jay-Z & Eminem Turn Yankee Stadium Upside Dow

On September 13 & 14, hip hop legends Jay-Z and Eminem hit the stage performing the first ever concerts at the new Yankee Stadium as part of their Home and Home tour. The rappers sold out Yankee Stadium for both nights, playing to crowds of around 80,000 fans....
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The Kora Player From The Bronx

Salieu Suso is one of the inconspicuous residents of the Bronx. His apartment on Hoe Avenue is nondescript as is his appearance. However, he is probably one of the residents who has made the Bronx very proud....
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Bronx's Own Sweet Cyanide

New York City’s favorite bastard sons gear up to hit the road to open for Hinder, Daughtry, and 3 Doors Down at this years Rock N Rev Festival. A festival that has been running in conjunction with notorious Sturgis Bike Week, now in it’s 70th year. ...
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Bervin Harris & Music With A Message

The band is comprised of 21 multi-talented kids ranging from the age of 7 to 21 years old. They recently performed at Madison Square Garden, Bronx Week, and last year’s U.S. Open....
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Mysonne – BXF (Bronx Forever)

Mysonne adds his own twist to Ricky Ross’s B.M.F. record by reppin his hood… ...
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One Of The Greatest 'Lost' Albums Of All Time Has Been Found

In the early '70s, the Ghetto Brothers brokered peace between Bronx gangs and then recorded Power - Fuerza, a record that testifies to the uplifting power of pop—and of The Beatles.
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LD & Jhoni: From Santiago De Los Caballeros To The Big Apple

Wanna get a glimpse of some of the new music you will hear in 2013? Check out LD & Jhoni, a couple of kids from Bronx just out of their teens who are creating fresh sounds that range from Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop, Bachata, Merengue, Salsa and Reggaeton.
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Stephon Marbury's Love Liaison with New Leading Lady & Friend Monet Merchand

Love Secrets, Stalking, his Stormy Marriage & Airing out his Chinese Laundry.
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BET's Black Girls Rock! Awards Show

The stars were out Saturday night in the Bronx as BET taped its Black Girls Rock! 2012 awards show. The event aimed to celebrate and empower Black girls brought out several celebrities, musical performances and honored woman and young girls of color.
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Charlotte & Jonathan, Britain's Stars

The biggest surprise of Britain's Got Talent 2012.
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Truly Amazing: Vazquez Sounds

Amidts the usual endless crime spree reporting, a ray of light upon this world...
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New Rap Songs From Bomb Baby

New Rap Songs from the latest E(dot) Milz album, is added to the Hip Hop world today. “When Animalz Attack” first single "Bikini Martini" is already creating attention in the hiphop community and at radio. The Bronx rapper is set to expand his own community, to the rest of the world.
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Plans For Bronx National Museum Of Hip-Hop

Afrika Bambaataa plans to create the National Museum of Hip-Hop at the Kingsbridge Armory in Bronx. With the legendary DJ and activist's history as a conduit of Hip-Hop culture, his plans to bring a museum to the very same Bronx streets from which the culture originated should come as no surprise.
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Fred The Godson Signs To eOne Music

Bronx emcee Fred The Godson has signed with eOne Music. An executive for the label confirmed the signing today to HipHopDX.
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Free Memoria Day Concert

The free BAE Memorial Day outdoor tent concert is scheduled rain or shine. Seating will be provided. Pedestrians can enter the park at Broadway and 246th Street. Limited free parking is also available at the Van Cortlandt Golf House.

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Peter Treadway, PhD

is an independent consultant and money manager and Adjunct Professor in Asia. He is currently is principal of Historical Analytics, LLC. Historical Analytics is a consulting/investment management firm dedicated to global portfolio management. Its investment approach is based on Dr. Treadway’s combined top-down and bottom-up Wall Street experience as economist, strategist and securities analyst. A monthly letter entitled The Dismal Optimist is produced for clients. Dr. Treadway also serves in a part time capacity as Chief Economist, C T RISKS, a new Hong Kong company that will assist Asian financial institutions with their risk management problems. On the educational front, Dr. Treadway has developed a special Masters level course focusing on securities analysis and discounted cash flow and incorporating elements of standard equilibrium pricing models, behavioral finance and historical trends. This course has been given as Adjunct Professor at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) and the City University of Hong Kong. From 1965-2000 Dr. Treadway had a distinguished career on Wall Street and with major American financial institutions. For example, from 1978-1981 he served as Chief Economist at Fannie Mae. From 1985-1998 he served as institutional equity analyst and Managing Director at Smith Barney following savings and loans and government sponsored entities(GSEs). He was ranked as “all star” analyst eleven times by Institutional Investor Magazine. Dr. Treadway holds a PhD in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MBA from New York University and a BA in English from Fordham University in Bronx, New York.