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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Global Hip Hop'
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
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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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Hmong Hip Hop Heritage
May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Global Hip Hop, Hmong, Hmong Hip Hop, International Hip Hop, MC Dumpee, Tou Saiko Lee, world up, worldup, worldup.org
Courtesy of MC Dumpee, here is a piece about Tou Saiko Lee, a rapper from Minnesota, and how he keeps his Hmong heritage alive through a mix of hip-hop and ancient traditions. Our favorite is the freestyle with his grandmother…..cross generational…fresh traditions indeed! Word!!
HMONG HIP HOP HERITAGE VIDEO
ps - I wish I could embed this [...]
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