The New York City Housing Authority's John Haynes Holmes Towers are shown, Thursday, April 4, 2019, in New York

Hip Hop Around the City

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 11, 2023

Miles Marshall Lewis, pop culture critic, music journalist and author of several book, most recently, Promise That You Will Sing About Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar (St. Martin's Press, 2021), discusses the venues around the city that have fostered a sense of community for hip hop enthusiasts and takes your calls on your old stomping grounds, who you saw there and what it meant to you.

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