Kevin Powell New York Hip Hop - Music, News, Information and Events - NYC, NY Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:03:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ‘A Song For Trayvon’ by Jasiri X [VIDEO] https://www.birthplacemag.com/2012/03/a-song-for-trayvon-by-jasiri-x-video/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:18:21 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=11527

Jasiri X has been receiving deserved coverage for "A Song For Trayvon," his reinterpretation of The Throne's "No Church In The Wild," a pointed chronicle of the events that led to the national outrage over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. A live performance of his song was captured as a music video, filmed at a community rally in a Brooklyn church.

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]]> The Hip Hop Takeover: Saturday, June 25 – Sunday, June 26 on WBAI, 99.5 (NYC) https://www.birthplacemag.com/2011/06/the-hip-hop-takeover-wbai/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:54 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=9846 Starting midnight on Saturday, June 25 (aka late Friday night) and continuing until 1 a.m. Sunday Morning, June 26, Ife Dancy and 99.5 FM WBAI (NYC) will be presenting this year's installment of The Hip Hop Takeover, a 25-hour radio marathon "catering to the gritty, underground, politically conscience audience as well as the mainstream commercial crowd." The theme for this highly anticipated yearly event, "Tribute to our Pioneers."

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