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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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A Menace

January 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Babyshambles, Global Hip Hop, International Hip Hop, La Mala Rodriguez, MC Lowkey, Palestinian Hip Hop, Pariz-1, Uncategorized, arctic monkeys, crass, maga bo, mongrel, public enemy, world hip hop, worldup, worldup.org, www.worldup.org

Somehow we missed this fall debut from the UK’s Mongrel but we are really feeling it. One part hip hop and one part indie rock, Mongrel cites Public Enemy and the late the political punk band Crass as influences. They are made up of MC Lowkey ex Arctic Monkeys and Babyshambles members and amongst [...]

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Now Hip-Hop, Too, Is Made in China.

January 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Chinese Hip Hop, Global Hip Hop, International Hip Hop, Uncategorized, world hip hop, world up, worldup, worldup.org, www.worldup.org

Jimmy Wang, NYT. Jan. 24, 2009.
January 24, 2009
By JIMMY WANG
BEIJING — A week before Americans tune in to the Super Bowl, another televised mega-event will kick off on the other side of the globe. On Sunday more than half a billion people here are expected to watch the annual Chinese Lunar New Year gala. Organized [...]

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More rumbling from Bogota: Choc Quib Town and Oxmo Poccino

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Bogota, Global Hip Hop, International Hip Hop, Oxmo Poccino, choc quib town, world hip hop, world up, worldup, worldup.org

Recently we noticed that Choc Quib Town’s debut album officially released 3 years ago in Colombia was starting to gain some ground as it was officially released globally this past year and has made many a best of list in honor of that here is a little bit about one of their recent global collabs..this [...]

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oh snap….. we have a ton of things to post..NARCY GETS APOLOGY FROM BUSTA

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Allhiphop.com, Arab Money, Busta Rhymes, Iraq, Narcicyst, Narcy, world up, worldup.org

first off…..
our favorite Iraqi MC and good friend, the Narcicyst (aka NARCY), get a formal apology (and a phone call) from Busta Rhymes over his polemic song “Arab Money” check it out.
Only hours after expressing his outrage over Busta Rhymes’ controversial song “Arab Money,” Iraqi-born rapper The Narcicyst told AllHipHop.com that he received a [...]

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