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SUMMARY:KU Leuven x AB Talk: Is hip-hop still a force for social cha
nge?
LOCATION:AB Club - staand (Anspachlaan 110\, 1000 Brussel)
DESCRIPTION:When the genre emerged 50 years ago\, hip-hop and activism\nwere closely knit. Hip-hop was the ideal outlet for artists\nto address issues such as racism\, police brutality\,\npoverty and inequality. Marginalised voices took up\nmicrophones\, voicing sharp social criticism and hoping to\ninspire a new generation of activists and\nadvocates. Consider the track The Message by Grandmaster\nFlash & The Furious Five that highlighted the abject\npoverty in The Bronx in New York:“Broken glass\neverywherePeople pissin' on the stairs\, you know they\njust don't careI can't take the smell\, can't\ntake the noiseGot no money to move out\, I guess I got no\nchoice” The influence Public Enemy had on political\ndebate in America in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s was\nhuge as well. As the genre became more mainstream\,\nsocially engaged hip-hop with activist lyrics went\nunderground by necessity. From then on\, hip-hop was mainly\nlinked to values such as materialism\, sexism and\, in some\ncases\, homophobia.There’s an impression that rappers\ntoday – after years of social and political activism –\nmainly talk about bitches\, money and drugs. But is that\nso?Is it really true that hip-hop\, since\ncommercialisation\, has become nothing more than superficial\ndance music?And does music become better or more meaningful\nwhen it is socially engaged?Hip-hop was born in a climate of\nprotest and emancipation\, but can it and should it\ntherefore still ball its fists?So many questions and\,\ntogether with experts\, we’ll search for answers! The\nevening starts with a virtual keynote by none other than\nAkua Naru (online) (rapper\, poet\, producer and activist).\nShe is also the founder of international collective\ntheKEEPERS\, an online archive chronicling the cultural\ncontributions of black women within hip-hop culture. This\nwill be followed by a panel discussion with LIONSTORM and\nFREDDIE KONINGS\, moderated by DJ\, B-Girl and comedian Soe\nNsuki.  Mo’ answers\, less problems!
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