Hip-Hop is Dead ... or Undead, Rather
Boston Phoenix |
October 29, 2009
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The Boston Phoenix was founded in 1966 as an arts and entertainment newspaper for the 18-40 year old market Today, with editions in Rhode Island and Portland, Maine, the Phoenix has a distribution of 220,000 and more than 600,000 readers...
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