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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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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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