Keepers of Hip Hop: Talib Kweli, Mos Def and Independent Lyrical Oracles
Written by Teodrose Fikre, March 9, 2017, 0 Comments
This space will be used for a broader discussion of hip hop’s history and it’s place in today’s culture. Hip Hop is a continuation of rebellion music, a music that spoke truth and defiance during repression and an involuntary exodus. The drums and bass you hear is a continuation of rhythms once exuded into the world by ancestors in the continent of Ethiopia. No that was not a typo, there is a reason I said that (link). See that though, what I just did was continue in the tradition of our music, a music that spoke truth instead of bowing to conventional wisdom. Check back tomorrow for an in depth article about hip hop’s history, it’s current iteration, and the potential spoken words have to transform the world.
In the meantime, Ghion Cast is dedicating the next two hours to playing the real! As in hip hop that is true to it’s roots of speaking truth against power. Click play on the Ustream screen below and hear live music being streamed as Ghion Cast plays the best of Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common with a mix of old school hip hop. If you love real hip hop, share this article on social media using #KeepingHipHop and enjoy the DOPEST mix of hip hop by clicking play below. Bookmark this site, Ghion Journal is flipping conventional wisdom on it’s head by speaking truth to power instead of echoing power for the sake of status.
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Teodrose Fikre
Teodrose was born in Ethiopia the same year Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by the communist Derg junta. The grand-son of Emperor Atse Tewodros Kassa II, the greatest king of Ethiopia, Teodrose is clearly influenced by the history and his connection to Ethiopia. Through his experiences growing up as first generation refugee in America, Teodrose writes poignantly about the universal experiences of joys, pains and a hope for a better tomorrow that binds all of humanity.
Teodrose has written extensively about the intersection of politics, economic policies, identity, and history. He is the author of "Serendipity's Trace" and newly released "Soul to Soil", two works that inspect the ways we are dissected as a people and shows how we can overcome injustice through the inclusive vision of togetherness.
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