Email Author Ben Westhoff

Awards

• 2007 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards

  "Ace of Spaides"

• 2006 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published September 14, 2005

  "Rap vs. Rapture"

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2011 Stories by Ben Westhoff

• WINNING COMBINATION

  published April 20, 2011

  Brooklyn-based quartet the Gregory Brothers are zen masters of YouTube, having Auto-Tuned their way into millions of webizens’ hearts... More >>

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  Can Sadat X Make Wine Hip-Hop?

  published April 6, 2011

  Rappers have sipped on gin and juice, St. Ides, Courvoisier, Alizé, Hpnotiq, Cristal, and, of course, sizzurp, but have seemingly never... More >>

• It's the Real and the Rise of the Rap Nerd

  published January 5, 2011

  Eric and Jeff Rosenthal, the comedy-rap duo known as It’s the Real, are huddled near a Canon XL2 camera in rap label E1 Music’s... More >>