Hip Hop Intellectuals

Sunday, June 23, 2013

And as if Hip Hop in the academy
couldn't get any more popular... The College of William and Mary has acquired what Cornell University has found enjoyable since 2009 - Check it out: a new Hip Hop collection

Image from Energy and renewal – the HipHop Academy Hamburg

Saturday, August 27, 2011

I Rep That- Drumbot

Online Band in a Box

Drumbot.com http://www.drumbot.com/index.html makes an exceptional set of tools musicians can use to create drum tracks, save them, and export. The guitar tools allow beginners like me to drop chords onto a timeline and create our very own riffs. What even better? It's free.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Where is Afrika Bambaata?

Guess who's baaaaakkk!?!?! Afrika Bambata comes back to Cornell University. See what's going on: http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2013/06/free_tickets_afrika_bambaataa_miami.php

And this is what he said about politics and hip hop reach:http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2013/06/afrika_bambaataa_interview_miami_2013.php

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Hip Hop Theater Festival 2010

Back at it again. Hip Hop Theater Festival convenes in NYC this year for yet another wonderful line up of artists, poets, performers, breakers, and dj's! Too bad I'll miss the opening day this Saturday, September 25th! I'll be at another event! But I can't miss the daily events, live performances, programs, and parties during the month of October. Can you get with that? Check out the Hip Hop Theater Festival 2010

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Streets of Hip Hop and SF

Wow. If you ever had a chance to see Chor Boogie's work on a Cali wall

you'd say "that boy got talent". Several months ago, I first heard about this talented muralist's graffiti through a friend. I friended him immediately on FB because I wanted to stay up on his latest project.

In this blog post dated Nov. 7th, Shannon Butler shares sad news about Chor Boogie's recent stabbing while painting a mural as part of San Francisco's Storefronts project. Good thing he was able to chase them away from his paint. I hope he gets well soon.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

A lot of folks were wondering when I'd post a follow-up to the blog (post Hip Hop Conference). Well, here it is!

Several photos from the conference are posted on this site with more to come. Links to the panel discussion with the pioneers of hip hop are here: http://www.cornell.edu/video/details.cfm?vidID=396&display=preferences and in the list of links to the right.

So, sit back, listen, and explore this most monumental two-days in hip hop history.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Official Cornell Hip Hop Conference Afterparty!

KNOWLEDGE

Cornell University Library - Hip Hop Research Guide
DomingoYu
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