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M.I.A. talks Sri Lanka Politics and the meaning behind Paper Planes

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Brit Awards, Diplo, Global Hip Hop, Grammys, International Hip Hop, Jay Z, Kala, Lil' Wayne, M.I.A., Mad Decent, Oscars, Paper Planes, Santogold, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Tavis Smiley, genocide, hip hop, maddecent.com, world up, worldup, worldup.org, www.worldup.org

This year poster girl for the cross cultural globalization of Hip Hop ( and one of our favorites) has had an incredible ride from #1 club hit to collaborating with Jay Z, Lil’ Wayne, Santogold and othersMIA is not only nominated for a Brit Award but a Grammy for her album Kala and an Oscar [...]

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Globalization in the streets of Dakar

September 13th, 2007 · No Comments · dakar, hip hop, keyti, maga bo, senegal, soot records, world up, xuman

Maga Bo was recently over in Dakar filming a music video for his new album on Soot Records
The vid hasn’t wrapped up yet but here is a little piece he put together with some of our favorite Senegalese MCs, Xuman from Pee Froiss and Keyti from Dakar All Stars both sit down and wax about [...]

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