Invincible Dogon Characters by The Kool Skool's Shucks One ID/UZN
This Easter Shucks One, Wisher, Tizer, & Math of the Idiots Crew painted a production based on the a tribe of people called the Dogon from Mali, West Africa. The Dogon are believed to be of Egyptian decent and their astronomical lore goes back thousands of years to 3200 BC. was examined in Author Robert Temple in his fascinating book THE SIRIUS MYSTERY For a brief article on The Dogon, the Nommos and Sirius B go here
Robert Temple on Coast To Coast AM The Dogon & the Sirius Mystery Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
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Shucks One, Wisher, Tizer & Math ID "Invicible Dogons" Wall Easter 2011
Akala, Lowkey, Saul Williams In Conversation Video - Inspiration Season - SB.TV "What's being rammed down out throats as Hip-Hop, is it challenging power? Or is it serving Power? When the US Government loves the same Rappers that you love, who's interests are those Rappers serving?" - Lowkey talking sense (as usual)
Puttin' the "G" in Graffiti - Kemetic Magnetic AEROSOUL 2 FEBRUARY 4 - 27, 2011
AEROSOUL, Refa One, and The Bay Area Chapter of the Universal Zulu Nation present a series of Panel discussions, Debates, Presentations, Mural Painting, and workshops looking at Graffiti Art and its relationship to the Kemetic tradition. The contributers and project looks amazing! For more info go to http://www.AeroSoulArt.com/Events.html
JOYCE GORDON GALLERY 406 14th Street Oakland, CA 94612
The Artists include: West Coast:
Bay Area/Nor Cal Del/Phresh BSK Cuba TF Shadow KTD Refa1 TCB Toons1 TCB MadHatter TCB Spek1 TCB Kufu1 TCB Brave OR Apex BA ChorBoogie Omen2 MPC UB40 Kemrexx TDK RubberMan/Damon Frost. Ink/Nel Pengo Bret Cook DIZNEY
Los Angeles/So Cal CRE8 R.T.N Thellus WCA KOFIE UTI/WCA PJ WCA Enk RTN Green SMD Overton Loyd Sano RTN Demer RTN EARN UCA ERA UCA MARK 7 L2S SOON YOUNG LORDS RETNA MSK GRAFF 1 SHAKE CITY / KOA SKY DTK GYLT TDF
East Coast:
NYC Slave Chain3 TMT Kade TMT Tean TMT Sak TMT Phade “Shirt King” TC5 Case 2 TFP Pose 2 Gnome CWK Gemini "Gem 7" CWK Snatch CWK James Top Stan 153
Philadelphia Dawud Anyabwile (Comic Artist for Brother Man)
Portraits De Cite' (2008) French Hip-Hop City Photos from the 1990's With work by: Bakir Ziani, Richard Hort, Ambroise Mendy, Jean-Paul Gentile, Abdel Ben Massaoud & Mohamed Boughamni
On a recent trip to France I found this in a book shop, they really celebrate a varirty of French people representing Hip-Hop culture. Here are some of the highlights.
Raiders Caps
From an outsider, the French Hip-Hop scene has always looked amazing. In the 1990's Movies like La Haine, Graffiti Books like Paris Tonkar,groups like NTM, Assasin, Iam, MC Solaar, DJs like DJ Dee Nasty, Crazy Fast Camel (DMC Finalists); Graffiti Writers like Tran, Nasty, Color, Kay One GT (and his French Hip-Hop shop in London) and U.K. legend Mode2 (moving to Paris); and the many French B-Boy/B-Girls making a huge presence in the International Hip-Hop scene.
Headspin
Obviously France is a huge country, so the market is enormous and so can support a proper functioning Hip-Hop industry. Unlike the U.K., the French government also passed a law forcing French Radio Stations to play a large percentage of French Language music. This in turn has created a large selection of French Hip-Hop artists, and labels to sign them.
B-Boys
In the 1990's French Hip-Hop only Radio stations like SkyRock and others supported this progressive movement, and many local councils all over France have laid on big budget community Hip-Hop Events that feature B-Boy, Mcing, Dj and Graffiti. It is common for French Artists to do collaborations with high profile MC's like Nas, CNN, Wu-Tang, the late Guru and many others, French Graffiti Mags can be bought in the smallest village News Agents, and B-Boys who travel the country and world doing showcases. It would be useful for the UK scene to take note and learn from our French Family!
Breakdance Project Uganda - Poitive Hip-Hop Culture in action
Breakdance Project Uganda is a Ugandan based project which uses breakdance (and other elements of hiphop) for positive social change. It was started up in February 2006. The project has since been giving free classes in Kampala at Sharing Youth Centre in Nsambya every Monday and Wednesday from 5pm-8.30pm. Classes are free of charge for everyone.
Bouncing Cats is the inspiring story of one man's attempt to create a better life for the children of Uganda using the unlikely tool of hip-hop with a focus on b-boy culture and breakdance. The film features narration by Common and interviews with Will.I.Am, and K'Naan.
Breakdance Project Uganda The project has also done workshops and classes with H.E.A.L.S. in Gulu, FDNC (Foundation for Development of Needy Communities) in Mbale, MS Uganda, DSW, Naguru Remand Home (juvenile prison), Kinship Orphanage in Gganda, street & ghetto children, different local & international schools in Kampala etc…
The aims of this project are to empower and positively inspire the youth and children through breakdance plus other elements of hiphop by:
-bridging the gap between Northern Uganda & the other regions of Uganda. -bridging the gap between the advantaged & disadvantaged. -bridging the gap between illiterates & literates. -resolving tribal, religious & racial conflicts. -building people's self-esteem. -promoting interaction between local & international dancers -creating employment for people who want to dance as a career, but can't afford to pay for dance classes.
Now what can you do? Please Please Donate any decent Art Materials, B-Boy Breaks CDs, DVDs, Hip-Hop & Knowledge Books To Breakdance Project Uganda. For the address and any other details please get in touch with Dave Vets: graffitidave@gmail.com or bpu.getinvolved@yahoo.com
Contact Abramz Tekya (founder and director) for more information about the project or booking the dancers for workshops and shows. Tel: (+256) 0712-816617 Email: breakdanceuganda@yahoo.com or tekyabra@yahoo.com
The Universal Zulu Nation invites you to a night of:
ZULU CINEMA Featuring: TURN OFF CHANNEL ZERO And BEAT THIS!
NOVEMBER 27, 2010 5PM -UNTIL??
MAYSLES CINEMA 343 MALCOLM X (LENOX) AVE . BTWN 127-128 ST. HARLEM , NY $10 donation at door *this a fundraiser for the Afrika Bambaataa Multi-Cultural Community Center building fund.
5PM-Screening #1: TURN OFF CHANNELL ZERO Followed by panel discussion featuring: Dr. Shaka Zulu Universal Zulu Nation
8PM-Screening #2: BEAT THIS! Followed by panel discussion featuring: QUEEN KENYA, CHOLLY ROCK , SEELO representing the F.O.T.B.S
Featuring the artwork of: LAVA 1 and 2
AFTER PARTY Immediately after final panel discussion
THE MIGHTY AFRIKA BAMBAATA ZULU NATION ANNIVERSARY PARTY!
SATURDAY 27th NOVEMBER, 2010 @ SUBWAY CITY CLUB, ENTRANCE WATER STREET, SNOW HILL, BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL!
THIS MONTH WE HAVE LONDON, BIRMINGHAM & WALES IN THE HOUSE
OPEN MIKE FREESTYLE SESSION!
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FROM JA'i Soul (As seen on X-Factor) Performing his next single
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY 4DEE of Undecorated VeteranZ (Dial Up Records) performing their hit single!!
SPECIAL DISPLAY FROM BBOY BREAKDANCE CREW!!
It's gonna be another night of Classic Rare Funk & Breaks & Hip Hop with live performances from R&B and Hip Hop acts..
DJ's/Hosts on the night will be FJ Ent DJ's who are, DJ Sure Shot (Blak Prophetz) courtesy of Fatt Jointz Recordings/The Digital Jukebox Records & DJ DK aka Rhythmbox Recordings, courtesy of The Digital Jukebox Records.
Slamm'in music will be played before and after performances with the first performance coming on stage throughout the night at regular intervals.
The event will be filmed and streamed, There will also be a photo shot's taken for the website where 'YOU' the clubber can be seen and added to your Facebook etc.
Music Is Life PR Presents: The Spotlight Sessions April 8th 2010 @ vibe bar £5 on the door 7:00 - 11:00pm
On April 8th 2010, The Spotlight Sessions returns to London, taking over Vibe Live, upstairs from the mighty Vibe Bar on Brick Lane, holding a night to raise awareness and funds for The WAYout Project.
WAYout is working in Sierra Leone providing educational and production facilities and resources, such as music studios, training in arts and media, and film facilities, providing opportunities to young people which will lead to their progression into music, film and other educational and employment opportunities.
Their current projects include Street to Street, supporting street youth to make video diaries of their lives to communicate with kids in the UK; the WAYout scholarships allowing disadvantaged children to gain scholarships to the country's only music academy; and the WAYout creative hubs - a series of creative hubs with WAYout Macs set up to support young people to create music and film.
Their new fundraising appeal is ‘A Quid for the Kids’. They are asking for a minimum of £1 per fortnight (so actually 50p per week) – its small, but if all their readers donated this amount then they should be able to open their first centre by the end of this 2010!!
For information on how to set up a direct debit, email them here info@wayoutarts.org. or you can donate at the WAYout website
For 11 years Sierra Leone was embroiled in one of the most brutal conflicts ever reported. It left the country classified as the second poorest in the world, with unemployment amongst young people estimated at 70%.
Republic of Sierra Leone
After the war, music played its part in rebuilding the country giving a voice to the disenfranchised and, in the 2007 Government elections, a group of musicians called Artists for Peace toured the country promoting peace not violence.
Way Out's flagship project is working in Sierra Leone to enable young people to express themselves and in expressing themselves by producing music, accessing equipment and gain opportunities through their creativity. The young people will benefit from the project creatively, socially and economically; creatively, providing an opportunity to produce music and explore their talents; socially, providing an opportunity to voice their opinions and feelings; and economically, providing them with job opportunities and security for their future.
Sierra Leone musicians talking with Mike Chandler/DJ Furious of Way Out & Sensei.fm
Music has the potential to provide a means of expression for young people and many jobs but; Music is not taught in schools.
There are very few live instruments.
There is only one music school in the country, and it charges fees.
There are few studios and costs are high.
And yet, it is said, that 70% of all young people want to make music.
In October 2007, Way Out Arts went on a fact-finding mission to Sierra Leone, where we spoke to some of the leading artists, record labels, DJs, musicians, music schools and youth organisations. They found out what they thought was needed to support young people into music-based opportunities and to support them for the future.
The Way Out Sierra Leone Project is a result of what was fed back through that consultation.
Fundraiser: Music Is Life will be supporting WAYout as their main charity at their next Spotlight Sessions event, down at MotherBar (above the 333 club, Old Street) on Thursday 8th October - please come down and support!
To donate to the Way Out Project please click here!
Mike Chandler aka The Furious is a DJ Film Maker and Youth Worker based in the UK. As a long running DJ on London'ds Hip-Hop station he produced the ITCH FM - Lost City Part3 and his podcast site is here. He is now a DJ on London's all Element Hip-Hop Internet station Sensei.fm. Check his profile on Sensei.fm here, and a free download of ITCH FM - Lost City Part3 and more mitapes available on Sensei.fm. He has made many documentary films with his Production Company Wilderness Pictures including the "Stay Sailing: The Future of Pirate Radio", and works with young people to help transform their ideas into short films.
Interesting clip from MTV documentary about Hip-Hop's obsession with Diamonds and Jewellery
All photos, video & content property of Way Out Charity.
"Grounding Wmp Ltd" is an independent Conscious Bookstore, Clothing shop, also selling conscious and knowledge DVDs. The shop specializes in Kemetic studies and specialising in Egyptian Yoga, and is the sole distributor for Dr. Muata Ashby in the UK. They stock Hip-Hop, Reggae, Mixtapes DVDs and clothing. The also have Rastafarian, books, jewellery and paraphernalia.
This is NOT an advert, it is just a suggestion for people who are looking for interesting information, and it is important to support Local Conscious shop keepers... As some of the cooperate bookshops have noticeably started to "dumb down" their Esoteric/Conscious sections Grounding Wmp Ltd Seven Sisters Indoor Market Unit 29-31 321 High Road, Tottenham, London N15 5BT Tel: +44-208-800-2727 Ebay Email enquiries: groundingwmpltd9@yahoo.co.uk
See the Pyramids of Egypt Live or on Timelapse at the Pyramid Camera... It is thought that Pyramids translate as Pyr-amid or Fire inside... There are relatively newly discovered Pyramids in China, Mexico and even Pennsylvania??? Hahahaa...
