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Matthew Schnipper

Articles by Matthew Schnipper


Matthew Schnipper is Gothamist & WNYC's culture editor.

Writer Alphonse Pierre was born and raised in NYC. Local rap movements shaped his identity.


Cheap rent, cheap subways, the birth of hip-hop and the opening of the World Trade Center.


Six years since their last album, the band announced "Going Shopping."


We’re keeping a running list of the namedrops and cultural references of the Mamdani administration.


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