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Street Artist JR’s new project, “Women Are Heroes”, kicks off in Kenya

February 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · www.worldup.org

Via our friends at 4Real, we are loving street artist JR’s new project:
Women Are Heroes
With nearly a decade of public exhibitions behind him, renowned undercover photographer JR this week launched his newest public exhibit in one of Africa’s largest and poorest slums, Kibera, Kenya. Famous for transforming his photos into posters and using them [...]

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Top of 2008

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments · La Mala Rodriguez, Uncategorized, www.worldup.org

Today our friend Greg over at the Global Hip Hop Market posted his top 10 list for the year. Admittedly, we are way behind on our music listening from 2008 as we all went on hiatus to work for Rock The Vote. Here is our top 10 in no particular order:
Top 10 2008
1. Estelle - [...]

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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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