Saturday, March 30th 2013 – San Francisco, CA – The Hip-Hop Proclamations Event Series presents Run It Back: Remembering and Reimagining Hip-Hop as Social Activism. This panel discussion featured artists/activists Boots Riley (The Coup), M1 (dead prez), Aisha Fukushima (Raptivism), Jasiri… Read More ›
Media
Hip-Hop is Dead (on the radio)
KWIN & Hot 104.7: A Case Study “the radio feeds young america hysteria, thru your stereo, now they wanna cop a new whip, jewelry, and a pair of those brand new sneakers from their favorite rap crew…corporations clap to your… Read More ›
The People v. Common & Common Sense
In May the Chicago Hip-Hop artist Common (also known as Common Sense) was invited by Michele Obama to recite a poem at the White House. What followed was a full blown assault on the life and career of Common, Hip-Hop… Read More ›
Never Have So Many Been Pimped By So Few
An Open Letter by Chuck-D I really don’t know what constitutes for “relevant” coverage in HIP-HOP news in America these days, but I really want to give you all a heads up. As you know I’ve been through three passports,… Read More ›
Mexico is Bleeding.
Along with the so-called “war against drug-dealers” we see the whole Mexican territory turn olive green. The militarization is part of the global war driven by the United States, which began with the 9-11 events and created new enemies: terrorism… Read More ›
Film Screenings from the Valley to the Bay
“A Year in Revolutionary Hip-Hop” was filmed and produced by members of RHHR and Modesto Anarcho and basically documented a little over 365 days worth of Hip-Hop events in the Central Valley, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles. The video… Read More ›
Video Game Genocide
By Xiuhcoatl (Originally written May 14, 2006, Revised September 9, 2009) As the debate over immigration reform once again begins to build momentum, it takes me back to 2006, when H.R. 4437 was introduced in the House and anti-immigrant sentiment… Read More ›
IRAN: A Case for Strong Citizen Journalism
The recent events in Iran have given the citizen journalism movement a much needed public relations boost in most cases.. Without the input from “ordinary” people in the country, corporate and other forms of media would have been in a… Read More ›
Our Unique Timeline
New age Ideology has really taken off in the last 10 years. More people awaken each day to the very legitimate possibility that the world is not what it seems around them. Over the last ten years I have witnessed… Read More ›
The Regulators: The F.C.C.
Now when you hear the letters “F.C.C” what comes to mind? Well, to some it means nothing and to the rest it means the world. Now a lot of people had no clue or knowledge of who or what the… Read More ›