Peace and love to friends, neighbors, supporters and haters! No matter how you feel about the holiday
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November 21 · Issue #35 · View online |
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Peace and love to friends, neighbors, supporters and haters! No matter how you feel about the holiday, I wish you and your family all the best at this reflective time of year. As for me, I’m thankful to be able to go around spreading the word about all kinds of innovative work being done through hip-hop music and culture. I’ll be speaking, presenting (and DJing!) at a few amazing events coming up:
As always, I’m incredibly thankful for your continuing interest and support. Now, on to the stories… We start, as we unfortunately must sometimes, by saluting the lives and legacies of recently departed icons.
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WHEN THEY REMINISCE OVER YOU
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Roy Hargrove Carried the Torch For Jazz Tradition Into the Hip-Hop Generation
Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove – who died at 49 on Friday (Nov. 2) of cardiac arrest, following a long struggle with kidney disease – was paradoxical in the way that so many of jazz’s most important figures have been.
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Newark Artist Jerry Gant Leaves Behind a Legacy of Prolific Work
Jerry Gant, who changed the face of Newark, was ubiquitous. “Wherever you happened to be, you’d run into him,” said …
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Watch a Trailer for a New Doc About Wu-Tang Clan's '36 Chambers'
The teaser for the Staten Island supergroup’s documentary, ‘For the Children: 25 Years of Enter the Wu-Tang,’ is here with a cameo from A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg.
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Will Staten Island Get A Wu-Tang Clan District Street Sign?
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Hip-Hop and Classical influences merge in Black Violin sound
Taking inspiration from the old and blending it with the new for a completely modern sound — Florida based Black Violin will wrap up a two day concert series in Anchorage Friday night.
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See for yourself: Tupac Shakur material at Temple’s Blockson Collection
Temple University’s Blockson Collection now contains material from rapper Tupac Shakur, including handwritten lyrics.
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Hip-Hop Icon Bobbito García Screens New Autobiographical Film at Cornell
Hip-hop legend Bobbito García presented a self-directed autobiographical film to a full-house on Tuesday, chronicling his ascension from a child struggling with alienation to a multi-talented icon.
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TDE's Dave Free Talks Teamwork, Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer And Marvel
The Top Dawg Entertainment president Dave Free sharees how TDE maintains its authenticity, keeps all of its stars on the same page, and ascended from the
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Through Puppetry, Artist Tarish 'Jeghetto' Pipkins Interrogates Racism And Brings Joy
Seventeen years after he began experimenting with the artform, Pipkins has established himself as a masterful self-taught interdisciplinary artist whose work with puppetry is uniquely buoyed by a hip-hop ethos and a culture of teaching and education.
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How Mike Shinoda Inspired a Generation of Hip-Hop Fans
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda inspired a wave of hip-hop stars, and in turn, a generation of fans.
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Hip-Hop and Comics Speak the Same Language
It’s the voice of the outcast made good.
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'Black Lives Matter and Music': From a Movement That's Only Beginning to Find Its Voice
Scholars share their initial thoughts on the musical reactions to the burgeoning social movement, Black Lives Matter, in this anthology from Indiana University Press.
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‘Hip Hop at VT’ Exhibit Inspires New Ways of Learning
The colorful and interactive exhibit is an in-depth examination and commemoration of the local hip hop community.
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Project Innovation is ‘Game Changer’
A New York City school is giving future game developers a chance to get in the game.
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'Music-head' professor uses love of hip-hop as a teaching tool
From “The Little Mermaid” to Rihanna, Assistant Professor of Education Jonté “JT” Taylor has used music to teach and inspire his students.
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Hamilton and The Rockefeller Foundation Welcome 1,300 Students to Exclusive Student Matinee of Hamilton
The innovative educational program launched in 2016 at Hamilton on Broadway will continue in New York on Wednesday, November 14 when 1,300 students and teachers…
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New Hip Hop Classes Bounce Into Campus Next Quarter
Jordan Mitchell knows a thing or two about hip-hop.
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IF ‘DEMOCRACY NOW’ & BLACK THOUGHT HAD A PODCAST BABY…
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Panelists Talk the Rise, Challenges and Future of Hip-Hop Festivals at Billboard Live Music Summit
The health, status, challenges and future of hip-hop festivals dominated the conversation at the Rock the Bells: Meet Hip-Hop’s Next Generation of Festival Promoters panel, moderated by Vibe editor in chief Datwon Thomas.
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Chance The Rapper MGM Movie Musical Hope Nico Segal Carlito Rodriguez
Chance The Rapper To Craft MGM Movie Musical ‘Hope’ With Nico Segal & Carlito Rodriguez
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Arizona Hip-Hop Festival is bigger than ever (and still growing)
The fifth annual Arizona Hip Hop Festival is a two-day blowout with more than 350 performers, all from Arizona, on multiple stages.
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Covered California Pops And Locks Into Enrollment Season
The state health insurance exchange is hiring hip-hop dancers in communities across the state as part of its promotion of open enrollment, which ends Jan. 15.
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Straight out of Bangkok: Thai rappers lay into junta, social conformity
BANGKOK (AFP) - “A country killing the people… doesn’t give a damn about its children,” spits 17-year-old Elevenfinger, one of a legion of acerbic young rappers ripping into Thailand’s politics, dire education system and calcifying social mores.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Rapper Lil Jon breaks ground on a second school in Ghana
Rapper Lil Jon has been using his star power and wealth to help children in underdeveloped countries gain access to a proper education.
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RIVERSIDE, CA: Show&Prove Hip Hop Studies Conference - Dec. 7-9
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Vince Staples - FUN! (Official Video)
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