Weekly Update o1.25.o6
It’s been awhile. I’ve been marinating. How have you been doing?
MINNESOTA SUMMIT:
The Hip Hop Congress will host its First Ever Minnesota Summit: “Politics, Globalization and the Hip Hop Generation†from Friday, February 17th through Sunday February 19th, 2006.
Activities will feature a major concert featuring renowned Hip Hop artists and will include workshops, panels and discussion on prominent domestic and world issues related to Hip Hop, Race, Politics, HIV/AIDS and Globalization. Each will feature prominent artists including, Proof from the World-famous group D12, Hip Hop Activists M-1 of Dead Prez, The Bedouin and many more. There will also be workshops teaching Graffiti Art, Breakdancing, DJ’ing, and MC’ing. Youth organizing will be facilitated by People Escaping Poverty Project (P.E.P.P.) of Moorhead.
For more information, registration materials, and more hit up our website: www.hiphopcongress.com OR HHC extraordinaire, Amer at amer@hiphopcongress.com
INDIANA UNIVERSITY:
6th Annual, IU Hip Hop Awareness Festival
Many people are still talking about last year’s awareness festival. The Afeni Shakur Lecture, the Mac Lethal Show, the infamous battle between Shamako and Naunsense and the Brother Ali performance, but that was last year…
This year’s Hip Hop Awareness festival promises to be bigger and better than ever before.
Just to get you all salivating, here’s just some of what you can expect:
April 9-15
Good Weather!
Saul Williams
Sadat X
Wordsworth
Percee P
X-Games Show
Poetry Slam
Etc.
As more details are confirmed we will make sure you get them, in the mean time, do yourself a favor and block out April 9-15 in your planner, crack open a magnum and write “IU HIP HOP CONGRESS, HIP HOP AWARENESS FESTIVALâ€

