Rosa Clemente, Dereca Blackmon and Dr. Dawn-Elissa Fischer joined the show this week to share some of the untold history behind the rise and fall of the 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Convention.* *March 15, 2013
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The Super Funky Soul Power Hour 082313
This week’s show featured interviews with Ajamu Baraka, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Dawn-Elissa Fischer and Rosa Clemente. Topics included: the coming March/Farce on Washington, The 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Convention and Hip-Hop’s relationship to that march, Oscar Grant and Fruitvale Station.
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Hip-Hop’s Worldviews w Jeff Chang and Dr. Dawn Elissa-Fischer
Author and journalist Jeff Chang along with Dr. Dawn Elissa-Fischer joined the show this week to discuss hip-hop activism, politics and ideology. We also talked a bit about mixtapes, hip-hop in Japan, as well as, gave a quick birthday shout out to Prince! And with his permission we offer the companion mixtape to Jeff…
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