July 24 – July 27: African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal screening at the 7th Annual National Hip Hop Congress Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi
July 11, 2008
July 24 – July 27: African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal screening at the 7th Annual National Hip Hop Congress Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi
The Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival’s award-winning documentary short, African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal will be screened at the 7th Annual National Hip Hop Congress Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi. This conference, which aims to clarify and further the ways that Hip Hop music can influence and spark action in local and national communities, will take place in Biloxi’s Treasure Bay Hotel from July 24th through July 27th. It includes a variety of activities and workshops on assorted facets of Hip Hop culture, the music industry, the work of the Hip Hop Congress, media coalitions, digital distribution, and ways to positively influence communities using Hip Hop. In addition, there will be nightly performances by artists on the cutting edge of independent music and special addresses by Cheri Honkala, the National Coordinator of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, and Bakari Kitwana of Rapsessions. This year’s musical performers include: DLabrie, Kamikaze, Shamako Noble, B-Girl Media/Knox Family, Silent Lambs, Darkside, Quanstar, F.E.W., and Truth Universal. A headlining performer is yet to be announced, but previous years’ performers include Blueprint, Zion I, and Jurassic 5.
This year’s Hip Hop Congress Conference is hosted by the Mississippi Artists and Producers Coalition. Hip Hop Congress President, Shamako Noble, hopes that the southern location of this year’s conference will help to build a lasting Hip Hop influence in Mississippi and connect the South to the rest of the national Hip Hop movement. He has said that he is especially excited to hold this year’s conference in the South because most Hip Hop organizations are afraid to go there. The Hip Hop Congress, a prominent and key voice in the nation’s Hip Hop activism scene, offers after school programs, cultural services for schools, and resources for artists and communities.
People interested in attending the conference can register here. Artists interested in performing at the conference can find information on submission here.
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