The Hip-Hop Advocate #40 - Hip-hop innovation, inspiration, and insight [2/25/19]

Donald Joseph White, considered a legend before “street art” became popular, turned New York City’s subways into rolling canvases of color, humor and social commentary.

A freedom fighter to some and a terrorist to others, she became a fugitive after she was charged in connection with a deadly botched robbery in 1981.

Though the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit acknowledged that the First Amendment “limits the government’s ability to regulate the content of speech,” the court cited case law and said the Constitution does not “prohibit the evidentiary use of speech to establish the elements of a crime or to prove motive or intent.”

Micah Brown is using brain research to understand what makes rappers–and rap fans–tick. And that’s just the beginning of his ambitious neuroscience plans.

Wilson’s research examines hip-hop and what it says about the world we live in. A pioneer of hip-hop education as a practice, she uses it to address issues of civic engagement, race, and politics and to inspire future leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math.

The Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and Humanities has now funded the Hip-Hop Xpress project for $150,000.

Aisha Durham’s journey as a hip-hop feminist began at a young age when she began to write stories about herself and other black girls.

De La Soul’s classic hip-hop records are finally coming to streaming. But the band members claim label Tommy Boy isn’t paying them enough.

While amassing his own collection, the music producer became a crucial connector, and an important advocate for artists of color.

Nadeska Alexis, longtime moderator and executive producer of Complex’s debate show Everyday Struggle, will step into the solo spotlight with a new weekly series on Beats 1.

The journey to Wu-Tang included Meso-American death sport, BDSM thrill kills, and Running Man-inspired human hunting.

The Gordon Parks Foundation permanently preserves the work of Gordon Parks, makes it available to the public through exhibitions, books, and electronic media and supports artistic and educational activities that advance what Gordon described as “the common search for a better life and a better world.” The Foundation is a division of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation.

Born in the ’90s from hip-hop culture, this critical architecture movement has been coalescing for decades though may be poised for a second wave.

As part of its Black History Month celebration, the Newark Library unveiled a new exhibition, “The World Is Yours - Hip-Hop: Newark and Beyond,” which will run through April 30, 2019.

From the sound of a ‘95 Windows computer starting up to flipping the Annie soundtrack into a Jay Z song, here they are – rated.

Hip-hop is today’s folk protest music. Both serve as socio-political snap shots of their times, and in Tulsa, the two genre’s similarities are on full display.

Oscar-nominated for Barry Jenkins’ James Baldwin adaptation, Britell sits down to talk about Beale Street’s soundtrack, Vice, Succession, Moonlight, 12 Years a Slave, and more.

The new documentary ‘United Skates’ explores the influence of roller skating on the civil rights movement and the birth of hip-hop.

We meet up with hip-hop vanguards Bobbito and Stretch to discuss how they were present and responsible for a lot of seminal moments in rap history.

In the 90s he rapped as Prime and joined underground collective the Molemen. Now he’s a socialist candidate for 40th Ward alderman, hoping to unseat entrenched incumbent Patrick O’Connor.

The Freestyle Love Supreme Academy plans to begin offering classes in New York, starting with foundations of freestyle.

We get candid discussing homophobia in the African-American community, the ruthlessness of ambition, and the catharsis of creation…

“Mad Skillz has been a positive influence on our city and has paved the way for younger generations to pursue they dreams of working in the music industry,” the official proclamation read.

What do you think about hip-hop music? Do you know it has deep roots in African-American culture and many of its messages can be inspiring and uplifting?

The city has heard the music, we’ve seen the art, and we’ve celebrated the DJs, but San Antonio has an emerging hip-hop scene that many…

For Greenville native Nick Burns, creating art is an act of bravery. He teaches this creative bravery to his son and his students at Let’s Dance Studio.

By portraying class as the primary site of discrimination in Indian society, the film doesn’t confront society with uncomfortable questions of identity, the essence of hip-hop.

“We’re just being ourselves, being authentic in our music, doing what we like, making the music that we want to make,” said band member MaSiWei.

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