Hip Hop Congress

www.daveyd.com
www.soundslam.com
www.hiphopassociation.org
www.thuglifearmy.com
Adisa Banjoko at Holla at a Schola http://www.sfgate.com/community/blogs/
The Coup and Mr. Lif’s Not So Excellent Adventure
Link of the Week

In light of the fact that finals have taken control of our college
based chapters and end of the year updates will be coming in over the
course of this week, I’ve decided to show some love to a few websites
that have a strong relationship with Hip Hop Congress.

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Daveyd.com

Davey D is a Hip Hop historian, journalist, deejay and community activist. He’s been down with Hip Hop since 1977 in the Bronx where he started out as an emcee for two crews; TDK [Total Def Krew] out of Co-op City and the Avengers out of the Marble Hill Section of the Bronx. Later Davey D came out to Cali to go to school at UC Berkeley and started deejaying in the Bay Area. His mobile deejay work and community activism eventually lead him deejaying at radio stations including KALX, KPFA and later KMEL. The writings on his website are frequently referenced and quoted by journalists, scholars and professors and fans from all around the world.

He writes for numerous publications and magazines and puts out a popular Internet newsletter called the FNV Newsletter which has a subscriber base of 100 thousand people. His newsletter like his website is also frequently referenced and quoted.
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Soundslam.com

The editors are Hip Hop Congress leaders, which should be enough reason to check the site. But in addition, Alex aka Roosevelt Treasurechest (former IU Chapterhead) and Nick aka MetroGnome (Indianapolis Community Chapter), are known for their cutting interviews that ask less about the bling and more about how artists are effecting their communities.
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Hiphopassociation.org

Hip-Hop Association (H2A) was formed in March 2002 with the goal of facilitating, fostering and preserving Hip-Hop’s original vision.

The Hip-Hop Association (H2A) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) community building organization with national headquarters in Harlem. Their mission is to utilize Hip-Hop culture as a tool to facilitate critical thinking, foster social change and unity, by empowering communities through the use of media, technology, education, and leadership development; while preserving Hip-Hop culture for future generations.
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Thuglifearmy.com

This site was inspired by Tupac Shakur and consistantly supports Hip Hop Congress based articles. They try to bring a lil social relevance to the news. They also like to introduce you to new artist who may not get a fair shake from the mainstream press.

This site is a fan based site. Built by fans for fans of Tupac Shakur. A lot of people have done a lot of work, for no pay —to get this site up and running (sound familiar??). And they are still adding and building.

You will notice different links through out the site. Links to Family Violence Prevention, The black panther Party, Mutulu Shakur, Bro. Min. Malcolm X and so on. All these site have relevance. Tupac was brought up with all these influences. Check them out. See what influenced the thinking of Tupac.
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sfgate.com/community/blogs/ (Adisa’s blog)

Adisa Banjoko aka “The Bishop of Hip Hop” is author of “Lyrical Swords Vol. 1: Hip Hop and Politics in the Mix”, and “Lyrical Swords Vol. 2: Westside Rebellion”. These books cover the political, social and spiritual trends within the Hip Hop subculture. He is a respected speaker who has addressed issues of race, religion and politics at places like Harvard, Brown, Stanford and the Commonwealth Club.

Adisa Banjoko currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and family. He spends way too much time on his myspace page located at: http://www.myspace.com/adisathebishop.

For more info visit: www.lyricalswords.com

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The Coup and Mr. Lif’s Recent Tour Accident

Recently, the Hip Hop group the Coup, well known for their politically charged music as well as their commitment to community develop, ran head first with tragedy on a tour Bus with Mr. Lif. Long story short, their tour was cut short, all of their earned money was lost, and now they need Hip Hop’s help to get back on their feet. We know that everyone is struggling, but if you have some time during the day. And you have a little money on your credit card, go to this link..http://www.myspace.com/thecoupmusic

You can learn more here…
http://p076.ezboard.com/fpoliticalpalacefrm73.showMessage?topicID=384.topic

Thank you in advance for anything you can contribute..
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Link of the Week:

I just gave you all like a dozen links to catch up on some really amazing projects and opinions, so how about some actual printed reading?? This week’s link is Time Magazines’s ‘Person of the Year’ article. For those of you who haven’t heard, the Person of the Year is….. YOU! You being user based content from all the social networks that have taken hold of the internet like blogs, YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, etc. Its a media revolution.

Peace.