This FREE performance features artists:
Mark Gonzales, Nizar Wattad (Ragtop), and Omar Chakaki (Offendum)
Date: Thurs April 22nd
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Husky North Den in the HUB at the University of Washington
An energetic, informative and often startling presentation in spoken-word and rhyme that you dont want to miss! Their performances have captivated crowds around the world, including a recent tour in the Middle East. Please bring your friends and family and enjoy this FREE event!
Poet and Educator Mark Gonzales (An Alaskan-born Mexican American) and hip hop artists Nizar Wattad and Omar Chakaki (hailing from Palestine and Syria, respectively) offer a unique examination of identity, pop culture, and growing up an ‘other’ in the United States. An energetic, informative and often startling presentation in spoken-word and rhyme, "Brooklyn Beats to Beirut Streets” traces the artists’ development alongside the birth and growth of hip hop, then invites audience members to participate in a discussion of (1) how an art form once considered to exist on the margins of society can grow to become the most popular musical genre amongst youth around the world; (2) what this means to those hip hopper who remain on the margins; and (3) what problems and concerns face the rest of society in realizing , accepting and ultimately utilizing this shift.
“Part rhyme, part prose, Brooklyn Beats to Beirut Streets traces three artists journey through four continents and thirty-five years of sound and struggle. An album is released-a bomb dropped - a levy breaks- a culture is born - a war begins- & a world becomes smaller. Remember when you first heard a poet replay, remix and cross fade new language for you? Remember again, for the first time"
"In 1975, Hip Hop was BORN... and so was I."
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