Hip Hop Can Save America
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Hip Hop at Carnegie Hall with LeBrandon Smith
Hip Hop Can Save America
04/02/22 • 36 min
LeBrandon Smith is the Manager, Social Impact Programs for Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute which serves more than 800,000 young people, families, students, community members, aspiring artists, and educators in New York City, across the United States, and around the globe each season. He’e been with the venerable institution since 2017, helping curate programs, events, and initiatives that benefit a wide range of NYC youth and artists.
We spoke on the verge of the second iteration of School of Thought, the second series of free workshops for rising and professional MCs led by the inimitable Black Thought, of the mighty Roots crew -- and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
This masterclass is going on from April 4-7 and culminates in a public showcase at the Hall, followed the next day by Black Thought in conversation with young artists and fans. is just one of the many ways that Smith and the Weill Institute are emphatically, respectfully, and authentically incorporating Hip Hop into the programming at Carnegie Hall.
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Now, let’s get into it. Here’s my talk with LeBrandon Smith from Carnegie Hall.
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Youth Empowerment, #HipHopEd, and God with Timothy David Jones
Hip Hop Can Save America
10/06/20 • 62 min
Scholar, youth leader, minister, poet, rapper, and content curator for probably the largest Hip-Hop based education community in the world -- Timothy David Jones.
Timothy, who is currently a lecturer and Hip-Hop Scholar in Residence at Teachers College, Columbia University, details his path to Hip-Hop based education, how he e-stumbled into his #HipHopEd role, his company Techniques4Learning, and, as an ordained minister, how religion and spirituality blend into the mix.
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Hip-Hop Meets the Orchestra with Thee Phantom
Hip Hop Can Save America
10/29/21 • 40 min
Peace and love, happy Halloween weekend, perhaps a perfect time to talk to not just A Phantom, but Thee Phantom, the maestro behind the magnificent Illharmonic Orchestra melding the worlds of Hip-Hop and classical music. It’s a fascinating discussion and we're excited to bring it to you.
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Hip Hop, Entrepreneurship & Rapping Dinosaurs w/ Zeps, Creator of Children's Book Series Rhymosaurs
Hip Hop Can Save America
03/01/23 • 44 min
Zeps is an independent rapper / Hip Hop artist / event host from Brooklyn, New York who has brought his unique brand of artistry around the world, and into multiple business and entrepreneurship settings. While he continues to make music, his current focus is expanding the Rhymosaurs children's book series that he created.
Hear how the streets of New York City -- and of Europe -- helped Zeps maintain his connection to Hip Hop culture, and deliver it to the delight of audiences all across the globe.
https://www.instagram.com/zepstergram
https://www.rhymosaurs.com
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Hip-Hop Can Save America! with Manny Faces is a Manny Faces Media production, in conjunction with The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy.
Links and resources:
Show website: https://www.hiphopcansaveamerica.com
Manny Faces: https://www.mannyfaces.com
Newsletter (free!): https://mannyfaces.substack.com
SUPPORT QUALITY INDIE HIP HOP JOURNALISM: https://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces
Manny Faces Media (podcast production company): https://www.mannyfacesmedia.com
The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy: https://www.hiphopadvocacy.org
SPONSORS / FRIENDS
The Mixtape Museum: https://www.mixtapemuseum.org
Hip-Hop Hacks: https://www.hiphophacks.com
Hip-Hop Can Save America! is produced, written, edited, and distributed by Manny Faces.
Eternal thanks to Associate Producer, Sommer.
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Mental Health Therapy Through Hip-Hop Beat Making with Dr. Elliot Gann
Hip Hop Can Save America
10/22/20 • 82 min
On this episode of Hip-Hop Can Save America!, healing trauma in young people through therapeutic beat making. Dr. Elliot Gann of Today's Future Sound breaks down the concept, his acclaimed work in the field, and the neuroscience behind it all.
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The Far Right Infiltration of Hip Hop
Hip Hop Can Save America
04/16/23 • 23 min
Rumble, DJ Akademiks and the hidden danger of platforming so-called "Hip Hop" provocateurs
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Dark money, billionaire financiers, and a relentless digital machine designed specifically to 'mold' impressionable youth to adopt a right wing ideology are finding new, previously unreachable targets -- through Hip Hop.
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Hip-Hop Can Save America! with Manny Faces is a Manny Faces Media production, in conjunction with The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy.
Links and resources:
Show website: https://www.hiphopcansaveamerica.com
Manny Faces: https://www.mannyfaces.com
Newsletter (free!): https://mannyfaces.substack.com
SUPPORT QUALITY INDIE HIP HOP JOURNALISM: https://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces
Manny Faces Media (podcast production company): https://www.mannyfacesmedia.com
The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy: https://www.hiphopadvocacy.org
SPONSORS / FRIENDS
The Mixtape Museum: https://www.mixtapemuseum.org
Hip-Hop Hacks: https://www.hiphophacks.com
Hip-Hop Can Save America! is produced, written, edited, and distributed by Manny Faces.
Eternal thanks to Consulting Producer, Sommer.
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Stories With Style - Hip Hop at the J.C. Montgomery School in the Kings County Juvenile Center
Hip Hop Can Save America
08/29/22 • 52 min
Last year, a program was brought to my attention called Stories With Style, a student-centric project which gives young people the opportunity to share their stories through rap, beat making and art while working with professional artists in a full-blown, on-site recording studio.
This program would be interesting in any setting, but, given my other work in the social justice field, it really caught my attention because the school, J.C. Montgomery, was a part of the Kings County Juvenile Center in Hanford, California.
Now, full disclosure. On one of the other podcasts I produce, News Beat, we have reported on the movement to close juvenile detention centers / youth prisons across the country, and of that movement I am a big fan. That being said, while they exist, I can think of no better way to help those within cope, express themselves, and learn the valuable life skills in the ways that only Hip Hop music and culture can deliver, than through the efforts of JC Montgomery principal Elizabeth Norris, longtime educator Ed Campos, and accomplished music artist, producer, filmmaker and director, Josh Levine, aka OPTX.
After speaking with them, and viewing the project’s powerful video production “It’s Not 2 Late,” I felt confident that these students, in this institution, were being given a vital opportunity that would allow the world to appreciate their powerful voices, important messaging, brilliant perspectives, personal stories, and their style.
Click here to watch "It's Not 2 Late' on YouTube.
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What The Jay-Z / NFL Deal Is Still Missing
Hip Hop Can Save America
10/03/19 • 13 min
For a few days, the Jay-Z / NFL deal was all that anyone in hip-hop or sports was talking about. It was polarizing, and many people felt many types of ways about it.
But like a tornado, the ruckus seems to have disappeared as quickly as it came.
I think we should be continuing to bring the ruckus.
Hip Hop x Theater x Longevity in Rap with Masta Ace
Hip Hop Can Save America
11/02/23 • 44 min
If you’re like me, you first heard Masta Ace as the lead off to what many, like me, will say is the best posse cut in Hip Hop history, "The SYmphony."
As one of his bars predicted, Masta Ace’s rapping did stay with us for a while. A long while. Now 32 years since the release of his debut full-length Take A Look Around, Masta Ace has a discography that surpasses most of his peers, he's welcomed in a second wave of a career after deciding to shed the confines of the music industry, and has now parlayed his prolific storytelling style to the stage, with the development of a musical, The Falling Season, in association with Hip Hop Theater production company, Rhymes Over Beats.
And there’s no way around it, these feats are made even more impressive by the fact that the Brooklyn-bred wordsmith has been battling Multiple Sclerosis for two decades.
The Capital A was gracious enough to discuss all of these topics with me, as we both took a look around at as good an example of longevity in rap as there is.
My name is Manny Faces. Here’s my talk with Masta Ace.
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Hip-Hop Can Save America! with Manny Faces is a Manny Faces Media production, in association with The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy.
Links and resources:
SHOW WEBSITES:
https://www.hiphopcansaveamerica.com
MANNY FACES: https://www.mannyfaces.com
NEWSLETTER (free!): https://mannyfaces.substack.com
SUPPORT QUALITY INDIE HIP HOP JOURNALISM: https://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces
Manny Faces Media (podcast production company): https://www.mannyfacesmedia.com
The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy: https://www.hiphopadvocacy.org
SPONSORS / FRIENDS:
The Mixtape Museum: https://www.mixtapemuseum.org
Hip-Hop Hacks: https://www.hiphophacks.com
Hip-Hop Can Save America! is produced, written, edited, smacked, flipped, rubbed down, and distributed by Manny Faces.
Eternal thanks to Consulting Producer, Sommer McCoy.
Hip-Hop, Social Justice & Independent Artistry with LiKWUiD
Hip Hop Can Save America
05/15/22 • 52 min
Long time listeners of the award-winning social justice meets music podcast News Beat will certainly recognize LiKWUiD as one of the show's "Artist in Residence." She has been featured on several important episodes delivering compelling, often heart wrenching lyrics that compliment our social justice reporting in a truly powerful way.
Find out a little bit more about this prolific Hip-Hop artist, DJ, educator and mentor as we share LiKWUiD's interview on the News Beat Cypher, in this special cross-feed episode drop.
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How many episodes does Hip Hop Can Save America have?
Hip Hop Can Save America currently has 113 episodes available.
What topics does Hip Hop Can Save America cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Music and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Hip Hop Can Save America?
The episode title 'The Far Right Infiltration of Hip Hop' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Hip Hop Can Save America?
The average episode length on Hip Hop Can Save America is 45 minutes.
How often are episodes of Hip Hop Can Save America released?
Episodes of Hip Hop Can Save America are typically released every 8 days, 21 hours.
When was the first episode of Hip Hop Can Save America?
The first episode of Hip Hop Can Save America was released on Jun 5, 2018.
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