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More Hip Hop 50 Events + New Livestream Tonight + Conference Info

Plus, interesting news from across Hip Hop's cultural landscape

Manny Faces

Oct 9, 2023

📝 FROM THE E-DESK OF MANNY FACES

Lots to get into so I’ll keep this part as brief as I can.

📺 Hip-Hop Can Save America! 3.0 - The Livestream Show kicks off TONIGHT on YouTube at 9pm EST. News, views, interviews and YOUR INPUT! We want this to be interactive, fun, and as always, inform the world about the innovative and inspiring ways Hip Hop can, and already are, helping uplift humanity.

I want to do it weekly. Your participation will dictate its survival. No pressure. 😲🤣

CLICK HERE TO SUBCRIBE AND TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS (YouTube)

CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP AVAILS + REGISTRATION OPEN

The Global Conference on Hip-Hop Education is going down Nov. 8-10 at Cal State - Long Beach. This academic and artistic conference will explore how the music and culture migrated out of New York to states like California and the world.

SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES AND VENDOR SPACES ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP AS A SPONSOR, VENDOR, TO REGISTER TO ATTEND, OR TO SIMPLY DONATE TO THE CAUSE

Special discounts are available for group/class registrations, or those requesting special financial assistance. Please email HHAAEConference@gmail.com for more details.

✅ THANK YOU FOR VOTING!

Thank you to everyone who voted for “Hip-Hop Can Save America!” as a Signal Awards “Listener’s Choice.” We’ll find out how we did tomorrow! 😬😬

HIP HOP 50 CONTINUES!

The celebrations, exhibitions and gatherings of the minds honoring 50(ish) years of the music and culture that changed the world, continue. Here are some you might want to know about.

Universal Hip Hop Museum Tour

The permanent NYC home for the UHHM is still being worked on, but the museum has launched several pop-up and temporary exhibitions and hosted plenty of other culturally relevant events, particularly during this year. Now, they are taking the show on the road, hitting up several major cities to showcase the culture’s most revered artifacts and treasures. The events will be in the following cities:

October 14 - New York City
October 21 - Atlanta
November 4 - Houston
November 11 - Los Angeles
November 18 - Charlotte
December 5-9 - Miami

Visit www.uhmm.org/tour/ for more info.

BELOW: MORE HIP HOP EVENTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY

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📰 HIP HOP NEWS THAT’S NOT ABOUT DUMB SH*T

I hope y’all have noticed my new Reels/Shorts/TikTok series, “Hip Hop News That’s Not About Dumb Sh*T” — Quick one minute tidbits of, well, the title says it all. Make sure you’re following me on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok so you don’t miss these when they drop.

Everyone says they want Hip Hop media to do better. Well, as always, I do better. Follow, share, and if you can, support my work so I can keept going.

In that spirit, here are some stories I found that I think y’all will like:

I mean, come on!! Where else do you get all this good, REAL Hip Hop news in one place???

Help support this work. 🙏

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VIRGINIA TECH

SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
Saint Louis Art Museum
Through January 1, 2024

REPLY TO THIS EMAIL IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO SHARE!

GO TO MY PATREON TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT YOUR WORK EVEN MORE!

I have a few more stories to share, once we find out if Hip-Hop Can Save America! won a Signal Award or not. 🤞

I’ll email y’all tomorrow to let you know.

Be sure to tune in TONIGHT, Monday, October 9 at 9pm EST as we try out a new thing, Hip-Hop Can Save America! The Livestream Show

SUBSCRIBE NOW on YouTube to be notified cuz if you’re like me, you’ll forget: www.youtube.com/mannyfaces

Thank you for your time. Much love. 💚

-Manny