“We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.” ~Excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have A Dream speech
And Still We Rise: Overstanding the Hiphop Declaration of Peace
Focus: Hip Hop Appreciation Week 2019
“Hip Hop is the name of our collective consciousness. We’re not just doing our collective consciousness; we ARE our collective consciousness.” ~KRS-One (Hip Hop Appreciation Week 1998)
#Kaeperbowl: The Silencing Continues
“I got to sacrifice a lot of money to perform. But there’s a man who sacrificed his job for us, so we got to stand behind him.” ~Cardi B on refusing to perform during the Super Bowl to support Kaepernick
Our Declaration of Independence
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” ~The Preamble of the Declaration of Peace
6 Quotes To Remind Us of Hip Hop’s Voice in The Justice Movement
Hip Hop culture has always been rooted in social justice. Even when the Civil Rights generation didn’t get it.