Hip Hop Congress

DLabrie – Vote Why

I’m gonna keep this one short because I have interviews to transcribe and a dope L.A. rapper to call to “chop it up,” as they say in the Yay … err … Bay. All drug reference aside, this joint right here is from my Oakland, Calif.-based homie D’Labrie, an emcee and most importantly – to me, at least – national outreach coordinator with Hip-Hop Congress. The breezy piano riff on this song is nice to the ears and the song touches on an important topic.

It’s from a free mixtape released by Oakland’s Town Business Network called “Wake Your Game Up” and it’s been getting some radio play on San Francisco’s KMEL.

Listen / Download: Here
Slavismyname

FREE MUSEUMS | MCA & DAM [Denver]

FREE MUSEUMS | MCA & DAM

The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and the Denver Art Museum will both be free this Saturday to Colorado residents. Both have incredible exhibits going on right now, plus the MCA is throwing a big one year anniversary party celebrating the opening of the new building. Hip Hop Congress will be performing from 2-4pm featuring DJs, poets and breakers, and there will be tours and family events all day too.

What: Free First Saturdays
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany, Denver, 303.298.7554
Where: Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 720.865.5000
When: Saturday, November 1st, 10am-6pm

VIDEO THE VOTE!!!

VIDEO THE VOTE

From Hip Hop Association!

CMJ’s 3rd Global Hip-Hop Throwdown

Thu Oct 23, 2008, 8:00 pm to Fri Oct 24, 2008, 3:00 am EDT

Please join Nomadic Wax and Bloom Effect for CMJ’s 3rd Global Hip-Hop Throwdown featuring Blitz The Ambassador (Ghana),Chachi (Cape Verde), Mr. Reo (Haiti), Empire Isis(Canada), DJ Soulscape (Korea), Too Many Fish (France), and King Reign (Canada).

CMJ badges honored, $10 w/o

DROM

Slingshot Hip Hop Screening at Arab Film Festival

Friday October 24, 2008 7:00 pm EDT

SLINGSHOT HIP HOP braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank as they discover hip hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. The film begins with Tamer, Suhell, and Mahmoud of DAM, the first ever Palestinian hip hop group, from their early, awkward recording attempts in an Israeli studio to fiery, sold-out shows in Europe. We experience their politicization with the outbreak of the second Intifada, their emergence as community leaders, and their years-long struggle to produce an album in spite of crushing poverty. Through DAM we meet Mahmoud Shalabi, an irreverent rapper from Akka, along with solo R&B artist Abeer and rap group Arapeyat, young women pushing up against cultural boundaries to emerge as talented artists in the Palestinian hip hop scene. Meanwhile, Mohammed, Kan’aan and Mezo of PR (Palestinian Rapperz) have begun emulating DAM and other rappers in Israel and the West Bank. Trapped in Gaza, one of the most heavily populated places on Earth, PR long to visit their fellow rappers in the West Bank, but face innumerable obstacles. From internal checkpoints and the separation wall to gender discrimination and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that confine them. Slingshot Hip Hop is a reflection of the rappers themselves, an inspiring union between the Palestinian struggle and this African-American art form gone global. Official Selection at the Sundance 2008 Film Festival. slingshothiphop.com

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