(Finding/Defining/Preserving)
The Soul of Hip Hop in the 21st Century
A Conference Featuring the
Students of HNRS 356
(The History of Hip Hop)
November 21, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-3:15 p.m
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room
Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
We're sorry, no more free lunches are available with late registration. However, registration is still open.
Panel Topics:
Historical Roots of Hip Hop: The seven-mile world and the Ol Skool
The Five Percenters and the "Knowledge" of Hip Hop
Bad Boys: Interrogating Gender, Misogyny and other Taboo subjects
Hip Hop and the Criminalization of race and youth.
Hip Hop in the 21st Century: Alternatives to corporate co-optation?
Keynote Speaker: M.K. Asante, Jr.
Author of It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip Hop Generation
www.mkasante.comRoundtable discussion featuring local hip hop instructors and activists.
3:30 p.m,
Live Hip Hop Performance Featuring
The Foreign Exchange
with
MC J. Bully,
DJ Pilzbury & the Mighty Arms of Altas Breakdance Crew,
The Beast. Held in the Stone Center Auditorium.
Hosted by the Knight Twins
Program Sponsors:
Johnston Center and Scholars ProgramDepartment of African and Afro-American Studies
Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
National Council For Black Studies Community Engagement Grant Program
Hip Hop Initiative of North Carolina Central University
