Nomadic Wax at Peace Building Fest in DC!
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The First Annual Washington DC
Hip Hop & Peacebuilding Festival
5 Days devoted to Hip Hop promoting peace in the world!
Washington, DC – April 10, 2008) From D.C. to Dakar there is only one universal language: Hip Hop. The first annual DC Hip Hop & Peacebuilding Festival will showcase Hip Hop as a cultural global movement that is transforming a generation toward a future of peace. This event will feature 5 days of hip hop events and nightly live performances with artists from five nations, coming together in one place to increase awareness of political and social turmoil in the world and the role hip hop can play in empowering youth to maximize their potential. With an alarming number of youth turning toward extremism and violence, new approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding must be crafted. As Hip Hop continues to spread and connect with youth on a global level it is important that this artistic cultural movement be understood and harnessed to facilitate conflict transformation and transcend conflict narratives.
The first of its kind, DC’s Hip Hop & Peacebuilding Festival will bring hip hop artists together with conflict resolution experts, community leaders, educators and activists to examine what is working in Hip Hop and how together we can do more to empower and transform communities by uniting the hip hop generation. DC artists will perform alongside artists from Uganda, Haiti, Tanzania, and Senegal & Palestine bridging the divide to achieve global impact. This event is a gift to the community in celebration of the energy and heart of hip hop and its potential to achieve positive social change in the world.
Stacy Willyard Festival Director: “The core of hip hop lies within the beat, the beat is what you can feel, and it is the element that connects. In order to prevent destructive conflict we must find more ways to connect and humanize one another. Hip hop allows us to do this by finding a common beat.”
For more information and complete details visit www.beats4peace.org
Full Schedule of Events
Wednesday April 16
• DC premiere of “Diamonds in the Rough” A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution
3:00 pm Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• Kick –Off International Hip Hop Show featuring Da Negus (Haiti/France), Regime Change (NYC/Haiti), Rah-P (Tanzania), Babaluku (Uganda), Flex Mathews (DC), and others.
9:00 pm DC9 Music Club
Thursday April 17
• African video conference call with Kenya’s Hip Hop Parliament
9:00 am Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
• Sounds of the City DC Hip Hop Showcase featuring incredibly talented artists from throughout the Metro DC area.
8:00 pm Bohemian Cavern Jazz Club
Friday April 18
• Academic Panel “Can Hip Hop Beat Conflict?”
2:00 pm United States Institute of Peace
• DC Hip Hop Summit & Freestyle Cipher
6:00 pm Atlas Theatre
Sat. April 19
• Peacebuilding & Arts Workshop
4:00 pm Atlas Theatre
• Academic Panel “Hip Hop 2.0″
6:30 pm Atlas Theatre
• Global Hip Hop – Global Citizenship Hip Hop Show featuring DC artists performing alongside Sabreena da Witch (Palestine), Baay Musa (Senegal), Azbac (Senegal), Dumi (Zimbabwe/USA), Bavaluku (Uganda), Rah-P (Tanzania)
8:00 pm Atlas Theatre
Monday April 21
• African All-Stars “Democracy in Dakar”
12:00 pm George Mason University
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This Festival was made possible by the following organizations, United States Institute of Peace, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Project Nur, Rosetta Stoned, Nomadic Wax, and Subterranean Network.
TY and Mobious Band in NYC
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
TY IN NYC!
Our boy TY will be coming in from the UK playing with the Mobious Collective, Taylor McFerrin and DJ Misbehavior.
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 // DOORS 8:00 PM // ADV $12// DOS $15
Subatomic in NYC!
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
SUBATOMIC IN NYC!
FRIDAY, April 11, 11p.m. until | Manhattan, New York City | SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM & ELODIE O | @ Pianos | 158 Ludlow St (@ Between Rivington Street and Stanton Street), New York City, New York 10002 | $7 |
Event Description: Subatomic Sound System has played pretty much everywhere, but Manhattan in the past year. This is our only show in Manhattan. Don’t miss it! Video cameras will be rolling. Where a ski mask if you are on a wanted list or don’t want to be on video.
Chosan Track Featured on Lifetime TV!
January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
CHOSAN FEATURED ON LIFETIME THIS SAT!
Tune into Lifetime’s Racking For Time and catch Chosan’s hit “Life Goes On”!
African Underground in Cali!
January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
African Underground hits the West Coast with Ben Herson and Senegalese reggae singer Baay Bia!
Venue Information:
Idylwild Arts Academy
Idylwild CA
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African Underground at Wesleyan!
January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Event Information:
Friday, February 8th, 2008
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
CFA Cinema
Free admission
Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Democracy in Dakar – with Ben Herson, Magee McIlvaine, Moussa Sall, Meta and Dr. Emily Musil
African Underground: Democracy in Dakar is a groundbreaking documentary film about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar, Senegal. The film follows rappers, DJs, journalists, professors and people on the street before, during and after the controversial 2007 presidential election in Senegal. Originally shot as a seven-part documentary mini-series released via the Internet, the documentary bridges the gap between hip-hop activism, video journalism and documentary film and explores the role of youth and musical activism in the
political process.
Event Information:
Friday, February 8th, 2008
10:00 PM – 12:00 AMAfrican Underground All-Stars: Live Hip-Hop Performance
Beckham Hall at Fayerweather Hall
Tickets: $15 A, $12 B, $8 C
Online ticketing now available!
“This sounds like the true Afrofunk.”
–Village Voice
“…Senegalese rhymers pull no punches about poverty, war, corruption, globalization, injustice–and are invading the charts to boot.”
–CMJ
The African Underground All-Stars are a rotating cast featuring MCs from Senegal, Mali and Ghana, backed by a DJ and live percussion. Co-sponsored by the Music Department and African Studies Cluster.
Thierno Camara at Get Down Fridays!
January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Event Information:
Friday, January 25, 2008
10:00 PM – 1:00 AM
21+
cover: FREE
music: Afrobeat, Hip Hop, Soul, Dancehall, Reggae
Contact Email:
info[at]nomadicwax.com
RSVP:
http://nomadicwax.com/events-and-news/rsvp/
Venue Information:
Rose Live Music
345 Grand St.
Williamsburg, btwn Marcy & Havemeyer | L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan, J/M/Z to Marcy
Brooklyn, NY
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Links:
http://www.nomadicwax.com
http://www.myspace.com/djlaylo
MLK Weekend Event!
January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Nomadic Wax will be honoring MLK’s legacy this weekend in Andover New Hampshire.
Two Events:
Friday, Jan 18, 2008
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Global Underground Allstars featuring Chosan (Sierra Leone), Moussa (Senegal), Self Suffice (NYC), Zee Santiago (NYC)
Saturday, Jan 19, 2008
8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Film Screening: African Underground: Democracy in Dakar followed by a panel discussion with: Ben Herson (Nomadic Wax, (Magee McIlvaine (Sol Productions), Moussa Sall (Senegalese MC), Self Suffice (NYC). This panel discussion with the filmmakers and African MCs will look at the role of hip-hop as a means to promote non violent social and political change around the world.
