hip hop

by Dan Emmons The 2013 Hip Hop Awards run by Urban Celebrity Magazine went off on Sunday at the TLA.  Performances from ICH Gang, Summer Valentine, MPrint, Guordan Banks, Yazz The Greatest, Asia Sparks, and K-Dot Da Showstoppa and the annual Cypher Series were the highlights of Read More

  This past Thursday was the first of many shows at Hard Rock Philly put on by yours truly, That Mag. With a diverse lineup, food and drinks galore, and surprise appearances by some big names, it was not a show to miss. Seventeen year old suburban-Philly local, Ashley Leone, Read More

by Evan Kramer Straight out of Orange County, New York, EP and Matter Ov Fact, also known as The Doppelgangaz, remind me why I love hip-hop so much. The Groggy Pack first impressed me with the 2011 full-length LP, Lone Sharks, and captivated me once again with the 201 Read More

As THAT MAG’s editor, I find out a lot of Philadelphia’s events through my writers. They’re more in tune than I am and I’m so thankful to have a great staff with good tastes! And when there’s something I’m really excited about, I appreciate how Read More

by Dan Emmons (images by Adrian Taraba) With 2012 coming to a close and the holiday season winding down, we get a chance to reflect on the year.  So many things both fantastic and tragic have happened this year, nationally and locally, and music has been there for us to get us Read More

Heineken Bring Nas, Wale and Q-Tip To Philly by Matt Kelchner As part of it’s nationally touring “Red Star Access” series, Dutch brew makers Heineken teamed up a hip-hop legend with one of the scene’s biggest new artists to the city of brotherly love for a Sunday afternoon of hip Read More