World's Fair

Rumors of New York City rap's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Don't let people like Trinidad James fool you -- there are a plethora of dope acts emerging from the five boroughs and the music scene there couldn't be more exciting or diverse.

A hotbed of buzzing talent, the CMJ Music Marathon kicks into high gear this week in New York City. From Oct. 15 to Oct. 19, hundreds of breakout artists and veteran performers will be performing for lucky CMJ badge holders and other concert-goers at venues throughout the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. With so many acts performing, it can be difficult to figure out who's a must-see and who's

News you may have missed courtesy of our sister site The Drop: Kanye West has been criticized by The Human Rights Foundation for his recent performance in Kazakhstan -- a country they describe as "a human rights wasteland."

Queens, N.Y.-repping crew World's Fair come through with their debut album, 'Bastards of the Party,' which is also their first release on Fool's Gold Records.

Queens' World’s Fair collective placed themselves in the "New New York" conversation last year on the strength of projects from Children of the Night (the sub-trio of Remy Banks, Nasty Nigel and Lansky Jones) and Price SAMO, as well as their World's Fair Wednesdays series, which spawned plenty of dope loose cuts.

Last week we visited Bishop Nehru's stomping grounds up in Rockland County, This week 'The Futurist' heads to Queens to chop it up with World's Fair, another force behind NYC's hip-hop renaissance. All six members of the World's Fair collective sit down with Kidd Future to talk about the NYC hip-hop scene, signing to Fool's Gold Records, radio, and about being "bastards of the party." Re

It's a big day for Queens-repping crew World's Fair. In addition to dropping their hilarious new video for '96 Knicks,' the group announced that they have signed with Fool's Gold Records.