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February 25, 2005
Global Hip Hop, War for What Again?
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:
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- youth news;
- Director Raeshem Nijohn talks about Brown Like Dat, her new movie about South Asians in Hip Hop;
- Stephan Christoff of CKUT Radio in Montreal interviews Iraqi hip hop artist the Narcicyst of the group Euphrates;
- Pratap Chatterjee of Corpwatch on the draft, private armies, and his book Iraq, Inc;
- and we close with a song from Argentinian singer Juana Molina, off her album Segundo.
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February 18, 2005
Can't Stop, Won't Stop!!!
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:
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- youth news, including an update on MXGM's Copwatch troubles;
- Monroe Walker remembers Martin Luther King and their work on Chicago housing issues;
- Jeff Chang on his new book Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation;
- The Drug Policy Alliance on the RAVE Act, the CLEANUP Act, and the policing of youth
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February 17, 2005
Don't Miss Event at Bronx Museum!!! Feb 23rd!!!
February 23, 2005 @ 6:30
Book Release Party for Jeff Chang's CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP Celebrating Hip-hop's Pioneers!
Panel discussion on the South Bronx as the birthplace of hip-hop, followed by a celebration with Jazzy Jay on the turntables. Free and open to the public.
Featuring: DJ Kool Herc, Benjamin Melendez of the Ghetto Brothers, the Original Jazzy Jay and Popmaster Fabel!6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Bronx Museum of Art
1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th) Bronx NY 10456.
Book Release Party for Jeff Chang's CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP Celebrating Hip-hop's Pioneers!
Panel discussion on the South Bronx as the birthplace of hip-hop, followed by a celebration with Jazzy Jay on the turntables. Free and open to the public.
Featuring: DJ Kool Herc, Benjamin Melendez of the Ghetto Brothers, the Original Jazzy Jay and Popmaster Fabel!6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Bronx Museum of Art
1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th) Bronx NY 10456.
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