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Livestream-hopping is just as irritating as being at a real festival

2 May 2020

9:00 AM

2 May 2020

9:00 AM

Hip Hop Loves NY; Sofi Tukker; Local Natives; The Undercover Hippy; Skullcrusher; Rhett Miller

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The ghost of Samuel Beckett oversaw the Hip Hop Loves NY livestream last Thursday night. Time and time again its host, the veteran hip-hop TV presenter Ralph McDaniels — known to all his guests, unnervingly, as ‘Uncle Ralph’ — tried to connect to some Golden Age legend. Time and time again, his attempts at a straightforward interview went wrong.

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