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| Lyricist Lounge | |
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| Genre | Hip Hop music |
| Dates | year-round |
| Location(s) | United States |
| Years active | 1991 - present |
| Founders | Danny Castro, Ant Marshall [1] |
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The Lyricist Lounge is a hip hop showcase of rappers, emcees, DJs, and Graffiti artists.[1]
It has spawned the album Lyricist Lounge, Volume One, Lyricist Lounge 2 and Lyricist Lounge & Ecko Unlimited presents: Underground Airplay, as well as a television show, The Lyricist Lounge Show.[2]
The Lyricist Lounge was founded in 1991 by hip hop aficionados Danny Castro and Anthony Marshall.[1] It was a series of open mic events hosted in a small studio apartment in the Lower East Side section of New York City. [3]
- ^ a b c Hess, Mickey (2009-11-25). Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide: [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-313-34322-3.
- ^ Allmusic
- ^ Ecko, Marc (2015-05-05). Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out. Simon and Schuster. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4516-8531-2.
... an event called the Lyricist Lounge, founded by Anthony Marshall and Danny Castro, which took place at the Supper Club, Tramps, and other downtown New York venues