Hip Hop Colony: The African Hip Hop Explosion
By Kwan Booth (October 06, 2005-Whatchusay.com)
Hip Hop Colony, the new film by Director Michael Wanguhu and Russell Kenya, explores the emergence of Kenyan Hip Hop culture and it’s struggles to gain legitimacy. The film screened recently at the Oakland International Film Festival and I talked to the [...]
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Kenya’s Hip Hop Colony
Posted in Film, Interviews, Media, Music, tagged , "hip hop colony" "Michael Wanguhu", "Russell Kenya" on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Turn Off Channel Zero
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Turn Off Channel Zero
By Kwan Booth ( April 12, 2007-Whatchusay.com)
It’s no secret that mainstream media’s coverage of African Americans is severely one- sided. From the nightly news to “reality shows” like “Cops” and “Flavor of Love” to almost every music video on BET, MTV and [...]