Insight From an #OldHeadsAnonymous meeting... 😂
Plus Hip Hop news & events that aren't about dumb issh
Hey Friends. Two recent quickies you might have missed, then on to the news and events!
Important insight from a recent meeting of #OldHeadsAnonymous 😂
Let’s try and remember breaking after the Olympics for the right reasons
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Below are some recent stories of Hip Hop innovation, inspiration and insight, hand-curated with love.
As I like to say, Hip Hop news that isn’t about dumb issh. 😁
Also, some dope interdisciplinary events and new music picks after that!
Enjoy!
— Manny
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📰 HIP HOP NEWS THAT ISN’T ABOUT DUMB SH*T
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🎤 Here’s how Georgia Democrats pulled off their ‘epic’ Lil Jon moment at the DNC
🏢 Hip Hop Academy moves into new downtown Lansing, Michigan home
🧘 Rhythms of Healing uses Hip-Hop, meditation, and wellness practices to inspire hope
🕛 24 Hours of Peace annual block party in Newark, NJ
🥤 Styles P on GMA, talks about his health and wellness mission
🎶 Berklee College of Music professor teaches kids how to make rap music and keep it clean
📚 He Raps About Kids’ Books and Grammar, and He Has Fans
💸 Gunna to Provide 30 Georgia Families With Guaranteed Income Through New Program
🖼️ New Orleans' Kr3wcial reflects on the art of hip-hop as part of NOMA Creative Assembly
👽 OutKast Sues EDM Duo ATLiens, Claiming Infringement Of Famous Song Name
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📅 UPCOMING DOPE & INTERDISCIPLINARY HIP HOP EVENTS
Through Sept. 4 [L.A.] The GRAMMY Museum: Hip Hop America - The Mixtape Exhibit
Sept. 6-7 [Detroit]: ELEMENTS Hip-Hop Weekend
Sept. 7 [Detroit]: Beats Rhymes Everything Detroit (BRED) Hip Hop Theatre Festival
Opens Sept. 8 [NYC]: FUTURA 2000: BREAKING OUT is a retrospective of this singular artist’s evolution from early graffiti art styles to his current practice of contemporary abstraction.
Oct. 5 [ATL]: Hip Hop Arts Conference 2024 (“Rooted in Love”)
Oct. 11-12 [Chattanooga]: Chattanooga Hip Hop Summit
Nov. 15-17 [D.C.]: 2024 Howard University Hip Hop Studies Conference
Nov. 16-17 [L.A.]: Freestyle Session World Breaking Finals
Jan. 11, 2025 [D.C.]: Club Quarantine Live with D-Nice at The Kennedy Center
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JOB LISTINGS AND SUCH
We Do It 4 The Culture SEL curriculum program is hiring lesson designers.
(RELATED: Jamila Sams on Hip Hop Can Save America!)
The Hip Hop Education Center is hiring an archivist
Words, Beats & Life’s Towards 2040: Creative Leaders Fellowship - Applications open until Aug. 30, 2024
(RELATED: WBL ED Mazi Mutafa on Hip Hop Can Save America!)
Howard University Hip Hop Studies Conference - Call For Papers [Due by Oct. 15]
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BUT WAIT… THERE’S MORE!!
🆕 MANNY’S NEW MUSIC PICKS…
There are plenty of places to learn about new music, but I’ll give a few picks here and there to help the cause. Rumor has it, I have pretty decent taste…
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