Great! We can simultaneously democratize and capitalize a black sheep culture “in one fell swoop,” as it were.
Again with the Creativity and Creative Leadership class:
In the spring of 2008 we produced a hip hop fundraiser at MACLA, called Creative Beats Lupus. The acts we booked were Counter Productive, the Bay Liens, and Soul Conspiracy.
At one point, the class had a discussion about “What is hip hop.” Not everybody understood the significance of doing such an event, other than it was a fundraiser incorporating rappers inside an art gallery. A couple of our students presented an updated perspective of what Hip Hop encompasses, with the delivery of four distinctly urban subcultures. Some call them the Four Pillars of Hop Hop: MCing, graffiti, DJing, and breaking.
Although we already had some kind of exposure to all the subcultures, the discussion brought out an understanding of something we didn’t exactly appreciate before. The arts mentioned in discussion contribute to a sharable, public medium. It’s already globalized and in many ways capitalized upon, but it changes. The idea was that depending on who wields the power, it doesn’t have to be a threat to the community.
Video came form http://hurtyoubad.com/.
