The 10th Annual Black August Hip Hop Project will be kicking off at a new venue this year. This Sunday @ The Nokia Theater, you can catch artists like
Mos Def
Twalib Kweli
Saigon
D Nice
Dead Prez
DJ Evil D
and more
I do not know what the venue will allow this event to be like. For the past 3 years or so Black August has been held at B.B. Kings. And the venue is usually sold out.
Black August: A celebration of Hip Hop and our Freedom Fighters is a project of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), which strives to support the global development of Hip Hop culture by facilitating exchanges between international communities where Hip Hop is a vital part of youth culture, and by promoting awareness about the social and political issues that affect these youth communities. Our goal is to bring culture and politics together and to allow them to naturally evolve into a unique Hip Hop consciousness that informs our collective struggle for a more just, equitable and human world.
Since August of 1998, Black August has held sold-out benefit concerts in New York City, South Africa, and Cuba. In New York, Black August has been held at Tramp’s (1998) The Bowery Ballroom (1999), the New Age Cabaret (2000), Synod Hall (2001 and 2002), Brooklyn Café (2003) and B.B Kings (2004,5,6).
The tickets are $30 and still on sale at Ticketmaster. Click here to purchase. Or go to a Ticketmaster Outlet.
UPDATE: IF YOU CAN”T MAKE THE CONCERT, THERE WILL BE AN AFTERPARTY @ ARENA IN TIMES SQUARE. PEEP FLYER BELOW
~f@ke
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