On this edition of Rise Up Radio:
- ALL LADIES CIPHER, LIVE rhyming and ill conversation about being a women in Hip Hop, sexuality, and influences in the game. Featured artists as follows:
- Cali's own undying star and bearer of "Cosmic Headphones", EAGLE NEBULA!
- Southern belle and Rebel Starlett, LIKWUID of the wonder duo REBEL STARR!
- "Assata Shakur in haute couture", activist/writer/designer, ELSIE LAW!
- Harlem's own hard hittin' spitter, LIV L'RAYNGE!
- Beats served fresh by producer/rapper/educator, Raydar Ellis!
- Download the show for all this, PLUS exclusive music from each artist!!
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On this edition of Rise Up Radio:
- In the News, we cover some of the police brutality cases spanning the United States and TastyKeish's recent account with an irate Brooklyn officer. Tonight's show reminds us all to be careful in the streets and mindful of the police.
- Angela Mckenzie of Initiative Radio joins in on the conversation and drops knowledge on
the comparisons between Shakespeare and his works and Hip Hop. Complete with a SONNET!! Congratulations to our listener for winning tickets (April 25th)to the "I Rhyme Ill" Show sponsored by Blak Media and Initiative Radio. Check out tracks by featured artists, Zeps and Rozewood!
- Revive Da Live's Raydar Ellis and Meghan Stabile stop by and drop off a live recording from their last show, which builds bridges between the Jazz and Hip Hop genres while celebrating a featured artist. Their next show (April 29th), HIP HOP 1953 is a tribute to this golden era of jazz and to Hip Hop legend, Pete Rock! Congratulations to our listener, Dutch 40 for winning tickets to the show!
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On this edition of Rise Up Radio:
- We featured El Grito De Poetas' Chance, Simply Rob and Majestik Originality, from from a performance @ Colgate University and celebrating their union of 4 years which was also
celebrated with an anniversary show @ the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
- Propaganda Anonymous spoke on an event called Inifinity Blessings which dealt in the issues surrounding youth, Hip-Hop and consciousness. The panel of the event featured Allah B from the Nation of God & Earth, Chaka Zulu from Zulu Nation, Brother Shep from the original Black Panther Party/Zulu Nation, King Downing (Attorney/Activist), Why-G from the Optimus Foundation/Zulu Nation, & Propaganda Anonymous from www.realitysandwich.com
- Why-G (contact him at:optimuspeace@yahoo.com) discussed details of his work with Chaka Red with their own non-profit called The Brian David Jones Foundation along with Urban Artbeat.
- For the later part of the show everyone in this particular cipher explained the active details of their community based non-profit work that take place in projects, after school centers, prisons, etc. And also what influences people to reach out and help others and why it is so significant to do so.
- Listen to the show for NEW joints by Why-G called "Robot Rebellion" and Majestik Originality's "Global Reality"!!
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