Interview done for R.H.H.R. by Xicano Vince of the Modesto Brown Berets de Aztlan. Where did you get the name “Krazy Race” and what does it mean to you? Krazy Race started off as a group name in the early 90s of… Read More ›
Archive for May 2012
Sont-Himself: Hip-Hop Musica Forever
Tell the people who you are and where you come from? I go by the alias Sont Himself. I was born Santiago Uvina Jr. in Merced, Cali. and raised in Modesto, Cali. I’ve been living in Modesto since I was… Read More ›
CopWatch Updates January-March 2012
January 1: Three years after cops put Oscar Grant face-down on a BART platform and shot him in the back, people in Oakland held 2 days of protests and demonstrations against police and the jail. On New Year’s Eve over… Read More ›
RHHR’s Favorite Hip-Hop “Rolas” from the 209
Seek One (formerly Koshae, Los Banos) – American Prospect “never liked my school teachers, I always thought they were prejudice, had a youngster on a path to collectin dead presidents, we’re in crises, corporations rollin their dices, controllin us with… Read More ›
Have a Sticker? Go to Jail!
The Story of “PJ”……. Imagine relaxing in your apartment after work with your family to hear a knock at the door. Upon answering it, you learn that it’s the local police department and they have a warrant to search your… Read More ›
Urban Illustrators and Hellafornia Cothing
When you think of Atwater you probably don’t think of the big Hip-Hop scene, but there is one place that has been keeping it alive in the small town North of Merced. When you walk in the first thing you… Read More ›
“Ain’t the Devil Happy” –Jeru the Damaja
We all know times are tough all around right now and it’s no surprise when those living in poverty turn on each other instead of uniting and fighting our common oppressor. It is why Modesto Anarcho started the “Stop Broke… Read More ›
Meet Me at the Capitol, It’s Going Down
The State Capitol is mostly useless, but once and a while it acts as the backdrop for real action… Neo-Nazis get sent home, cops get sent to hospital – According to http://modestoanarcho.org: “On Monday, February 27th, over 100 counter-demonstrators turned… Read More ›
It Happens All the Time, but Sometimes People Notice
The comedian Bill Maher once said “If you give every black person in America a video camera you could do a weekly show on police brutality.” It could also be said that if you did the same with all people… Read More ›
BOYCOTT THE 9TH STREET MCDONALDS!!
Speaking of Discrimination, has anyone else seen the sign at the McDonald’s on 9th Street in Downtown Modesto? Not only are they blatantly saying ‘We won’t serve the homeless’ but they’re even being rude about it. It literally says “This… Read More ›
