Peace and love to friends, neighbors, supporters and haters! First off - If you haven't checked out m
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June 19 · Issue #29 · View online |
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Peace and love to friends, neighbors, supporters and haters! First off - If you haven’t checked out my new podcast, Hip-Hop Can Save America, please do! I’m certain that if you’ve been enjoying this newsletter, you will love this podcast. A new episode airs TONIGHT at 10pm on BondfireRadio.com or on Bondfire Radio’s channel on the TuneIn app, and past episodes can be found at www.hiphopcansaveamerica.com or subscribe now on your favorite podcast app [ Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Other podcast app]
Also, the award-winning News Beat podcast I produce, which mixes hard-hitting social justice journalism with hip-hop music and original lyrics, dropped another amazing episode recently. Link is below.
Ok, enough humblebragging. On to some interesting hip-hop stories from the past couple of weeks.
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HAMILTON's Education Program Debuts at Kennedy Center
The innovative educational program that launched at Hamiltonon Broadway will make its debut in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, September 12when more than 2,150 students and teachers from D.C. metro-area schools attend the matinee performance of the musical at the Kennedy Center.
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NH Teacher's Paid Year Off Brought Out the Trolls and He’s Responding
A New Hampshire high school teacher gets to take a paid year off from the classroom, but the work for Justin Ballou doesn’t end there.
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James Lyng High: School of rock, rap & urban arts
For the third straight year, the St. Henri high school is releasing a “mixtape” of songs recorded by students in its music program.
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Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, ‘Grandfather of Rap,’ Is Dead at 73
With the Last Poets, he recited rhythmic verses over conga drumming, speaking to disaffected black youth and helping lay the foundation for hip-hop.
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Rapper XXXTentacion killed in "random robbery," his lawyer says
XXXTentacion, a rising hip hop star, had gone to a bank with plans to buy a motorcycle before he was shot and killed Monday at the dealership.
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Rapper Jimmy Wopo shot and killed in Pittsburgh's Hill District
Jimmy Wopo, a rising star in the hip-hop music world was about to sign a contract that would have taken him out of Pittsburgh
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IF ‘DEMOCRACY NOW’ & BLACK THOUGHT HAD A PODCAST BABY…
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News Beat Wins Best Podcast at 2018 New York Press Club Journalism Awards
Annual award ceremony honoring the state’s top journalism, recognized News Beat’s unique blend of documentary-styled reporting, and hip-hop music with original lyrics from independent artists.
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YouTube star Richard Williams, better known as Prince Ea, takes on the education system and more
Williams – who’s generated more than 100 million views on his YouTube channel – has taken on a number of other topics, including marijuana legalization and climate change. But education is a subject he’s returned to frequently, earning him a spot on the Forbes 30 under 30 Education list for 2018.
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Meek Mill hearing before Judge Genece Brinkley devolves into a laughing matter
The judge who sent the Philadelphia rapper to prison last fall for violating the terms of his 2008 conviction on drug and gun charges said Monday that she needs more time to decide whether he should get a new trial. She gave no date by which she would make a ruling. Lawyers accused her of laughing at an expert witness.
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The Radical Ambition Of Billy Dean Thomas, The ‘Queer B.I.G.’
“I’m more than just an emcee, I’m more than just whatever box people want to put me in,” says the Boston-based artist.
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Snow tha Product Interview: Rapper Talks New Single 'Myself' & Never Receiving a Co-Sign
From touring in a Honda Civic, to just recently finally being able to ride around in a tour bus and stretch out to get somewhat of a good night’s sleep between shows, Bay area rapper, Snow tha Product, fully understands the meaning of “trust the process.”
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Hip Hop PoP: Mother-daughter duo dance for a cause
GEORGIE Conley is only two but shes breaking out some great hip-hop moves with her mother to raise money to help children in developing countries.
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Desus & Mero Set To Headline Showtime Late-Night Talk Show
It’s official – Showtime has closed a deal for its first weekly late-night show starring Desus & Mero’s Desus Nice and The Kid Mero.
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Green Hop Brings Cannabis and Hip-Hop Together in North Portland
Green Hop calls itself “the world’s first historical hip-hop dispensary.” But for co-owners Karanja Crews and Nicole Kennedy, rap isn’t just the theme. It’s the thesis.
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How the Smokin’ Grooves Tour Brought Rap to the Masses
Lions on stage! Human-sized turntables! Peaceful, weed-smoking audiences! The story of hip-hop’s first big, nationwide package tour from those who were there.
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Mass Appeal and Universal Music Group Announce Exclusive Global Distribution Agreement
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Hip Hop Saves Lives: Project with Sudanese refugees in Uganda - Africa.com
Hip Hop Saves Lives and Sosolya Dance Academy are creating a music album and documentary series with Sudanese refugees living in Uganda. The album will consist of 8 songs, a short documentary in support of each song interviewing the artist to share their journey from South Sudan to Uganda.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Unearths New Mobb Deep Song For 'Hamildrop' Series
After the death of Prodigy — one-half of the the Queens duo — last year, they bring the posthumous noise on the new track “Boom Goes The Cannon…”
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'Never Not Going to Be an Onslaught': Rammellzee Survey in New York Channels Downtowns Gods and Monsters
Rammellzee Survey in New York Channels Downtowns Gods and Monsters
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Ill Camille: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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GoldLink: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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SPECIAL DELIVERY Hip-hop conferences & special events around the country. Send us yours!
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MADISON: Play Make Learn 2018
Play Make Learn 2018 (Aug. 13-14)
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ILLINOIS: Hip-Hop Music Ed Symposium - July 19-20
The inaugural Hip-Hop Music Ed Symposium will be a two-day conference and workshop on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.
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RIVERSIDE, CA: Show&Prove Hip Hop Studies Conference - Dec. 7-9
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