Mobb Deep Homecoming Part of SummerStage Concerts in Queensbridge
There’s no place like hip-hop home. The rappers Havoc and Prodigy, who work together as the infamous Mobb Deep (above), will return to their native Queensbridge housing projects to give a free concert on July 17th as part of the NYC Parks SummerStage Presents series. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, featuring 15 of the world’s…
There’s no place like hip-hop home. The rappers Havoc and Prodigy, who work together as the infamous Mobb Deep (above), will return to their native Queensbridge housing projects to give a free concert on July 17th as part of the NYC Parks SummerStage Presents series. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, featuring 15 of the world’s finest soloists and ensemble players and led by Wynton Marsalis, is also scheduled to perform this month, as are Ismael Miranda, aka “El niño bonito de la Salsa,” and laid-back Washington, D.C.-based R&B vocalist J. Holiday. But the extravaganza offers more than music, as the Harambee Dance Company (below) will perform and Puppetmobile and Teatro SEA will appear as part of SummerStage Kids.
Concert details: Ismael Miranda/Rebel Tumbao/Joe Claussell (Sacred Rhythm Music), July 15th, 7 pm; J. Holiday/Jon B with WBLS, July 16th, 7 pm; Mobb Deep with Lyricist Lounge, July 17th, 7 pm; Harambee Dance Company, July 18th, 7 pm; Queens Family Day: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra/Rashida Bumbray/ Michael Mossman & Copland Jazz with Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College, July 20th, 4 pm; Ifetayo Youth Ensemble, July 31st, 10:30 am; Puppetmobile, August 7th, 10:30 am; and Teatro SEA, August 14th, 10:30 am.
Location and price details: Queensbridge Park, vicinity of Vernon Boulevard, 41st Avenue and the East River, Long Island City, all concerts are free.
Top photo: Mobb Deep FB; bottom photo: SummerStage Presents Harambee Dance Company
If the cops are smart they’ll allow everyone to toke at the Mobb Deep concert.
The higher people get, the less potential for violence.