Hip-Hop
artist/activist Sista Souljah
will join Ras Baraka and Kevin Powell this weekend, (Saturday
November 3rd) at a hip- hop conference entitled: "My
Optic Presentation: Seeing Hip Hop in the 21st Century."
The conference
will take place from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm ath the University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA in Logan Hall 17. The
conference and the open mic session that will follow afterwards
is free to the public.
For More Info.,
Directions, or to Register,
tanji@sas.upenn.edu
Topics to
be discussed for the day are:
"Hip-Hop
and The Boilerplate"
"The Cross and The Microphone"
"Hip Hop Nation Language and Cultural Modes of Discourse"
"Hip Hop Sampling and Yoruba Aesthetics" "Throw
Away Phrases: Hip-Hop American Style"
"’Where It Ends, It Begins’: Hiphop As A Garbage
Aesthetic"
"The Myth of A Black Owned Hip-Hop and the Lone and
Lost Puerto Rican Breaker"
"Word/Playing And Djing In The Hip-Hop Streets of
Philly" and more!
To Bring
"HipHop Speaks!" to Your Campus,
Call American Program Bureau at 800.225.4575