The Hip-Hop Advocate #29: Stories of hip-hop innovation, inspiration & insight [6/19/18]

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.

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.

For the third straight year, the St. Henri high school is releasing a “mixtape” of songs recorded by students in its music program.

With the Last Poets, he recited rhythmic verses over conga drumming, speaking to disaffected black youth and helping lay the foundation for hip-hop.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…”

Rammellzee Survey in New York Channels Downtowns Gods and Monsters

Play Make Learn 2018 (Aug. 13-14)

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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