Dead Prez News

Posted Jul 25th 2008 2:10PM by Najwa Moses Filed under: Lifestyle , Style Spotter Last weekend, I had the wonderful pleasure of getting down to the one of the hottest fashion and cultural destinations in ...

LIVE: Tribe And Nas Rule Rock The Bells Monday July 21, 2008 @ 05:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff A lot of folks were calling this year's incarnation of the Rock The Bells festival, which was making its first ...

Green Party VP nominee Rosa Clemente interviewed on KPKF's Uprising Conversation with GP Veep, Rosa Clemente http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=2901 and from July 14: Greens Pick McKinney for President GUEST: ...

Published on 17 Jul 2008 at 9:39 am . Hip Hop activist and independent journalist Rosa Clemente recently accepted Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney's invitation to be her running mate.

Published on 3 Jul 2008 at 10:18 am . GUEST: Medusa, rapper, musician, actress Los Angeles underground rapper Medusa is considered by many as the West Coast queen of hip hop.

Currently, mainstream hip-hop is mired in bling and bitches, but that's the same as it ever was.

The Elegba Folklore Society is sponsoring "Juneteenth: A Freedom Celebration" this weekend in Richmond.

Summer Music Preview Originally intended to be called ''N-----'' and now untitled, the rapper's new album promises to pull no lyrical punches, whether it's about Iraq, language, or Bill O'Reilly NAS ''There's ...

As dancehall makes further inroads onto the American urban charts, a question has been circulating for some time: Which artist will finally bring both styles together without compromising the integrity of ...

“K-Salaam came as close as a mustard seed to getting killed.”

Producers K-Salaam & Beatnick will release their forthcoming album, Whose World Is This?, with VP Records on July 29th, 2008. via The Elements

In case you missed the news in the world of Myspace and blogs, Dead Prez is popping up kinda randomly for a show tonight -- a pretty good coup for a weekly party in Hollywood, known as Mellow Mondays . via Broward-Palm Beach - News

Within hip-hop circles, it's well-known that M1 and his partner Stic.Man of Dead Prez veer way left of center when it comes to politics. via Broward-Palm Beach - News

Check out the sixth issue of the radical political journal Upping the Anti . Here in Sudbury we are having a launch event called "The Politics of Hip Hop" on May 14. via A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land

“We have evidence on the video of them all participating”

Sheriff's office seeks help in identifying those seen in video Jeremy Pawloski The Olympian The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help to put names to faces of five people pictured on ... via The Olympian

“Guerilla Union constantly strives to curate shows that house those once-in-a-lifetime performance experiences that our fans have come to expect.”

A Tribe Called Quest , Nas , Mos Def , De La Soul , Rakim and reunited outfit The Pharcyde will headline this year's Rock the Bells festival series. via LiveDaily News

A police car was overturned during a ruckus with local and campus police following a hiphop concert by the group Dead Prez at Evergreen Sate College in Olympia WA. via Chicago.indymedia.org

“A lot of you believe in some bullshit. I don't”

The Dead Prez stigma is that they don't care who's watching, who's listening, or who's buying their albums. via The Austin Chronicle

“I don't want to hear anymore that the hood only wants to hear negative stuff”

The conference's liveliest panel was at the Carver Museum where a discussion of hip-hop and politics moderated by The Source magazine Editor Soren Baker was part of a full day of free hip-hop events open to the ... via The Austin Chronicle

The Cool Kids hanging with the next president. Well, it's another HOT day in Texas and the music is as hot as the temperatures. via Broward-Palm Beach - News

“The Hip Hop Congress and others involved did a lot of things right, but in light of the events after the show, it's clear that some things didn't work”

To see the video of the incident produced by the Hip Hop Congress, go to www.hiphopcongress.com . After a riot broke out following a hip-hop concert at The Evergreen State College on Feb. via The Seattle Times