Rapper, writer, and Boston Magazine’s 66th most-influential Bostonian, Cliff Notez, sits down with hip hop writer Jared Steinberg from Boston Hassle to talk about what he’s been up to in quarantine, why he started the thriving art collective, Hipstory and his long-term investment in the Boston artist community. Notez also discusses systemic racism in Boston and how those setbacks contribute to the city’s uniquely layered hip hop artists. Along with collaborator, Dephrase, Notez’ new EP, Social Absence, has been coined quarantine’s official anthem.

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