This weekend, the South by South Bronx Festival aims to provide a reminder of Hip Hop’s deeply-rooted tradition.
“More than anything we wanted to have a festival that represents Hip Hop culture and not the Rap music industry,” said Rodrigo “RodStarz” Venegas, of the Rebel Diaz Arts Collective, which helped organize the event, to NY Daily News. “Hip Hop culture … represents values of unity, of justice, of peace. And we don’t feel like the corporate-driven Rap music industry represents that.”
The South by South Bronx festival, which began Friday (December 14), will continue through Saturday (December 15) at Hostos Center, and will feature DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Caz, and renowned B-Boy Popmaster Fabel.
Saturday features conversations with Bambaataa and Herc, as well as performances from Grandmaster Caz, DJ Grand Wizard Theodore – credited with discovering scratching, Sadat X, and many more.
The event will go from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM today. For more details, visit sxsbx.org, or call the Hostos Box office at (718) 518-4455 to reserve free tickets.
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damn wish i could go to this …hip hop culture forever
damn I would drop everything to attend this, real hip hop forever
i would rather go to this than to a jay-z show AND YOU CAN BELIVE THAT
Shame on you guys for posting information about a 12/14-12/15 festival after lunch on 12/15. A festival in the birthplace of hip-hop?
Please do better next time.
Da Originators. Respect!
A bunch of irrelevant artists, trying to reach the top again, which they wont.
STFU fucker, your life is irrelevant!
This event was dope as FUCK!!!!!! HAD A FUCKIN BLAST!!! HIPHOPDX NEXT TIME BE ON TIME WITH PROMOTING SHIT LIKE THIS, YA’LL SLIPPIN MY NIGGA
I agree with you. @Anonymous, you STFU.
it’s relevent to hip hop culture as a whole,real art from the heart. Not the music industry whom are in the business of prostituting young black males