Rappers Mr. Lif and Akrobatik make up the duo known as The Perceptionists, which headlines Hard Rock Hotel and Casino alongside DJ Fakts One on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The performance comes on the heels of ...

Boston-based hip-hop trio The Perceptionists are fast-rising stars in the rap music underground. Featuring the bold mike talents of Mr. Lif and Akrobatik as well as the buff bounce of DJ Fakts One, ...

Indie hip-hop, like most established music genres, has its own formalist traditions. The Perceptionists, a supergroup comprised of MCs Mr. Lif and Akrobatik and DJ/producer Fakts One, stick to those ...

Mr. Lif and Akrobatik are two emcees whose names rock bells among true hip-hop heads. The duo of Boston natives first teamed up as The Perceptionists in the early aughts to release Black Dialogue on ...

Mr. Lif says he’s most productive when he’s at home.”I kinda thought of the name The Perceptionists one day in my pantry,” says the Boston-based rapper, who’s talking on his “piece of shit” cell phone ...

When revered Boston MCs Mr. Lif and Akrobatik first united to put out “Black Dialogue,” their debut record as the Perceptionists, Barack Obama was still an Illinois senator and the iPhone was just a ...

I care a lot about politics,” says Akrobatik, “but I don’t believe in the political process.” The Perceptionists’ MC remembers sitting in a Chinese restaurant in John Kerry’s home town of Boston on ...

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The Perceptionists (Mr Lif & Akrobatik) are up for the ‘Hip-Hop Album Of The Year’ PLUG award. They also perform at the ceremony tonight.

Watch hip-hop veterans Mr. Lif and Akrobatik team up behind the Tiny Desk. Mr. Lif and Akrobatik are two emcees whose names rock bells among true hip-hop heads. The duo of Boston natives first teamed ...

Their conscious ethos is perfectly encapsulated by Ak's lyrical run on "A Different Light," where he raps: "But I'm above all of the melodrama / When they go low / We go high / Michelle Obama." The ...