Our guide to pop and rock shows and the best of live jazz happening this weekend and in the week ahead.

Pop & Rock

DE LA SOUL at the Rooftop at Pier 17 (July 13, 8 p.m.). This trio of hometown heroes returns for a sundown show on this open roof deck at South Street Seaport. As members of the Native Tongues collective, De La Soul made a profound impact on hip-hop in the late 1980s and ’90s with their kaleidoscopic, sample-scrambling sound and rascally rap verses. After a fallow period, the group has been riding high since the release of its 2016 album, the rock-infused “And the Anonymous Nobody.” At Pier 17, De La Soul share the bill with D.J. Sam Cannon.

pier17ny.com



JEAN GRAE at Joe’s Pub (July 11-13, 7 p.m.). Few rappers exude the casual self-assurance and cheeky street smarts of New York City better than Grae. Born to two South African jazz greats, she grew up in the Chelsea Hotel and came of age in the 1990s on Brooklyn’s left-field hip-hop scene. Today she keeps its spirit alive on records like the boom-bappy “Everything’s Fine” (2018), made in collaboration with Quelle Chris, and ventures further afield: Many of her more recent releases — like the irreverent “That’s Not How You Do That Either” (2015) and the woozy, atmospheric “Sevvin” (2016) — are far from rap music, per se. At Joe’s Pub, Grae has promised to display the full scope of her artistry in the program “Jeanius.”

212-967-7555, joespub.org

CARLY RAE JEPSEN at the Hammerstein Ballroom (July 17-18, 8 p.m.). In an age of maximalism and overexposure, Carly Rae Jepsen oozes earnestness and small-grain sentimentality. These qualities are not the stock in trade for your average star these days, but they have made her one of the most versatile — and seemingly guileless — figures in pop music. At the Hammerstein she celebrates the release of “Dedicated,” her fourth album, which shows that she’s only broadened her scope since its widely acclaimed predecessor, “Emotion” (2015). On the new record, she ranges from lovesick electro-soul (“Julien”) to singalong, reverb-drenched splendor (“Want You in My Room”).

646-293-1089, mc34.com