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Boston's Hip-Hop Artists Struggle To Find Venues

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Concertgoers line up at the entrance of Sonia in Cambridge on a recent evening. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Concertgoers line up at the entrance of Sonia in Cambridge on a recent evening. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Local hip-hop artists say they struggle to find places to perform in Boston as venues charge them extra security fees or shut them out altogether. WBUR's Amelia Mason and Marquis Neal discuss the struggles that Boston's hip-hop artists face in the Boston area.

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Amelia Mason, music reporter and critic for WBUR's The ARTery. She tweets @shmabelia.

Marquis Neal, founder of the New Era of New England and technical director of NPR's Only A Game.

This segment aired on February 28, 2018.

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