“Hip-hop is still cool at a
party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to
elevate consciousness”. - Saul Williams
“Hip-hop gave a generation a
common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone
gained.” - Jay-Z, Decoded
“There is genuine Hip Hop; a
message that connects, rocks a crowd, and motivates a people and then there is
what is left... instead of Hip Hop we have Hip replacement.” - Johnnie
Dent Jr
Str8 Up Hip-Hop a niche urban monthly networking event for hip hop
heads and intellectuals is back with a new edition tagged ‘State of the Union Forum: A critical Breakdown of Issues Arising from
Chinua Achebe’s There Was a Country’. The forum is scheduled to hold on
January 23rd, 2013 at Pop on Saka Tinubu Street from 7 PM and boasts
of industry big wigs such as Obi Asika, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Kwame and MI as
panelists. Other panelists are Elajoe and femcee Blaise. Andre Blaze will hold
down the Mic as host.
Str8 Up Hip-Hop is an event
property of Now Muzik En.Core (an event affiliate of Now Muzik) in partnership
with Beat 99.9 FM and Pop with Support from thenetng.com and Mrshustle.com.
According to Efe Omorogbe... “Attendees
of the event are guaranteed an exciting and insightful time. He continues: The Hip-hop community cannot
afford to stand aloof, these issues are real and the consequences of doing
nothing to promote constructive and open dialogue can be dire. Our hustle, concerts,
parties and bull all depend on the existence of a conducive social and economic
backdrop so we have a responsibility to engage one another, take a stand and
contribute our quota to nation building as a group – the Hip-hop community. And
I can’t ask for a better way to relaunch Str8 Up Hip-hop.”
The First Edition of Str8 Up, Hip-Hop
was tagged Grand Hustle and was a celebration of the iconic Hip-hop
entrepreneur Ayo Animashaun for his contribution to the growth of the Hip-hop movement
in Nigeria. There was a second edition- Love Lockdown: The Valentine edition
and a third one tagged Vote or Vote: Election edition which was designed to support
a campaign for youths to get involved, get registered, go out and vote for the right candidate during
the election. The fourth edition was Know-the-ledge – a Hip-hop revue for the promotion and celebration of conventional and
street knowledge.
More Str8 Up Hip Hop online:
Twitter - @str8up_HH
Facebook – www.facebook.com/groups/str8uphiphop
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