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September 6th, 2010
Dec 10th, 2009

Nomadic Massive and Afro-Latin...

Our folks Nomadic Massive, of Montreal, will be joining Spanish Harlem greats San Juan Hill, for the next installment of The Afro Latin Soul Music Series happening in Brooklyn tomorrow. (details below) The Afro Latin Soul Music Series is a dance party and live music international celebration, that showcases up and coming Artists, Bands and ...

Dec 2nd, 2009

Blitz the Ambassador, LIVE on ...

Blitz the Ambassador has been hard at work and his latest installment is a series of MtvU LIVE Sessions. If the preview is any predictor, they are dope and about to drop any day now. the MTVu House Band series, recorded at Royal Blue Studios in Brooklyn, a completely analog facility run by platinum engineer/producer ...

Nov 16th, 2009

Can Microfinance Thwart Prosti...

Often dubbed the world’s oldest profession, prostitution has long been a thorn in the sides of civilized societies. To this day it remains a challenge for most governments to regulate regardless of social, political, or economic development. The stakes of not being able to curb the sex trade are drastically higher in third world countries ...

Nov 11th, 2009

Hindustani Gangster: Jay Z get...

Taking Jay-Z’s “American Gangster” album and mashing it up with some ill Bollywood Beats into a fine spicy curry….We have tweeted and tweeted and shared and shared on Facebook but we can’t get over this album and have been bumping it nonstop. So go ahead, you owe it yourself…and its FREE! Download Hindustani Gangster HERE ...

Nov 10th, 2009

Get Up: New De-defacing Graffi...

It’s been called vandalism. It’s been accused of defacing public property. Now graffiti gets up in a whole new way with “Moose” (Paul Curtis of Leeds, England) who erases dirt to leave his impermanent art on urban structures. He calls it Reverse Graffiti. His website says the art form was born in a Leeds subway ...

Nov 5th, 2009

Youth Be Heard, Youth Be Seen

What do hip-hop and GPS have in common? For many, hip-hop provides a voice for those who have trouble being heard. Hip hop and social justice have gone together almost since the first MCs and DJs got together in New York, with artists like Run DMC and KRS-One giving the outside world a glimpse into ...

Nov 4th, 2009

Buraka Som Sistema – Liv...

If you’re in the NYC area tonight, you’re in for a treat. Buraka Som Sistema is performing LIVE at Le Poisson Rouge. They will be performing hits from their international award winning album Black Diamond. So, throw on your coat and favorite pair of Chucks, and trek it down to Bleeker Street to enjoy the ...

Oct 28th, 2009

Fela – The Best of the B...

FELA KUTI’S – The Best Of The Black President is released on Knitting Factory Records today. The impact of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s music in Africa – and worldwide – cannot be overstated. Hailing from Lagos, Nigeria, he was Africa’s musical genius, the creator of Afrobeat – a genre combining traditional African highlife, jazz, James Brown ...

Oct 28th, 2009

It’s the Environment, St...

“It’s like holocaust deniers. They can stick their heads in the sand but the evidence  is absolutely there and graphic for everyone to look at.” Without entering into the old Holocaust-as-metaphor debate; Postlethwaite’s hard-hitting, Nazi-allegorising comments certainly make you sit up and think about just how brutally we are battering our planet. And that’s exactly ...

Oct 26th, 2009

WORLD UP EDU: IRC SUMMER PROGR...

World Up played a large part in the 2009 class of the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Refugee Summer Academy.  Ebenezer Bond, Executive Director of World Up and Alicia Boone, Class Facilitator, formulated an interactive curriculum based on identity, immigration, and hip-hop. Throughout the six-week course, the class of nearly 20 refugee youth created powerful pieces ...

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