LAist

How A Hip-Hop Nightclub Became A ‘Safe Haven’ For Angeleno Youth

When 12-year-old Wilber “Wilpower” Urbina saw two kids breakdancing for the first time in MacArthur Park back in 1982, he knew he had to get involved. “It was the coolest thing I had ever seen, but I ...
LAist

How A 1980s Hip-Hop Nightclub In Seoul Popular With Black GIs Created K-Pop

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Las Vegas Review-Journal

Christian nightclub offers a party with no twerking, drinking, smoking

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The young crowd at a Nashville nightclub was ready to dance under the strobe lights to a throbbing mix of hip-hop, rap and Latin beats. But first they gathered to pray and praise ...
The Denver Post

Show promoters: Denver’s hip-hop nightlife scene has a violence problem

Beta nightclub. Photo by Lisa Higginbotham, heyreverb.com. For more than 20 years, Francois Baptiste, Kevin Kain and Alvin LaCabe have brought hip-hop music and live shows to the Mile High City. As ...
Bradenton Herald

Do you like big ... concerts? Because Sir Mix-a-Lot is coming to Bradenton

Hip-hop extraordinaire Sir Mix-a-Lot is set to perform at Joyland Country Music Night Club in Bradenton on Friday, April 3, 2020. Provided Photo/Joyland Country Music Night Club Hip-hop extraordinaire ...