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  Encyclopedia: Hip hop music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Hip hop fashion is, according to KRS One, one of the nine extended elements of hip-hop culture.
Hip hop is a cultural movement, of which music is a part (as are graffiti and breakdancing).
Hip hop was popular there at least as far back as 1976 (first record: "Rhythm Talk", by Jocko Henderson in 1979), and the New York Times dubbed Philly the "Graffiti Capital of the World" in 1971, due to the influence of such legendary graffiti artists as Cornbread.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hip-hop-music   (10667 words)

  
 German Hip Hop [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Electronic - Rock - Hip hop - Alpine New Wave - Highlife - CabaretCabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue - a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance.
One of the pioneers of Greek hip hop is BZ JAM.
Hip hop was imported from the United States in the early 1980s, and a few MCs began rapping.
www.wikimirror.com /German_hip_hop   (3048 words)

  
 Music of Côte d'Ivoire
Ernesto Djédjé, however, is considered the father of Ivorian popular music.
The most popular styles in Côte d'Ivoire are imported reggae from Jamaica and hip hop from the United States; the country has produced notable musicians of both genres, especially Alpha Blondy's brand of Afro-reggae became a national hit following his appearance on the TV show First chance in 1983.
Hip hop has been popular in Côte d'Ivoire since the mid-1990s, and includes a gangsta rap-influenced style called rap dogba.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Music_of_C%F4te_d%27Ivoire   (524 words)

  
 Music of the Ivory Coast. Who is Music of the Ivory Coast? What is Music of the Ivory Coast? Where is Music of the ...
Since Djédjé, now Ivorian musician has been able to achieve the same level of fame.
Luckson Padaud's laba laba style, which is similar to the Bété ziglibithy, has had some success, as has Gnaore Djimi's polihet.
Notable hip hop musicians include All Mighty, M.C. Claver and Angelo.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Music_of_the_Ivory_Coast   (472 words)

  
 Ivory Coast's Singers Seek to Unite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The trend was started by Eliamon Sobo, a young Ivorian entrepreneur living in Italy, who was so shocked by television images of the war that he decided to do something about it.
Charles Zadi, from the marketing division of music company Canal Ivoire, said many youths were shocked by the war and the "only way they could participate in the (war) effort was to express themselves through music".
And to cap all of this, Ivorian diva Aisha Kone is organizing a "Star Night" on Saturday, which boasts a "constellation" of female artistes.
www.kilimanjaroentertainment.com /Ivorycoastsingersunite.html   (479 words)

  
 BlackState.com: Côte d’Ivoire——Landmark or Landfill? by Ross Peterson
The south was forced to realize that the nation was ripe for destabilization by any of a number of potential scapegoat states, intervening from beyond the Ivorian borders.
In any case, whether the rebels were armed by neighboring states or not, the Ivorian army was in no shape to defend their nation.
The well-trained, disciplined incursion from the north was led by ex-officers from within the very ranks of the Ivorian army and its elite security forces.
www.blackstate.com /ivorycoast.html   (731 words)

  
 African Hip Hop Shadow Zu Crew: SHADOW ZU PRESENTS AFRICAN HIP HOP ARTISTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
On a mission to reclaim hip hop, their lyrics are deep, incisive and definitely original.
They are denouncing the Ivorian media for ignoring Hip Hop and attempting to keep it out of the airwaves.
The local hip hop scene is controlled by a few individuals whose goal is set more on lucrative and vain pursuits of name dropping than the actual art of Hip Hop itself.
www.shadowzu.net /shadowartists.html   (396 words)

  
 Channelnewsasia.com
OIF executive secretary Abdou Diouf was among the first to condemn a series of Ivorian government air strikes earlier this month on key positions in the rebel-held north, which violated an 18-month ceasefire and triggered an anti-French rampage lasting more than a week.
Many of the attending heads of state and government have added to the chorus of support for a UN arms embargo that could be followed on December 15 by targeted sanctions including a travel ban failing progress in implementing a moribund peace pact.
Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, leery of even leaving his Abidjan residence let alone travel to Burkina Faso -- which he has long accused of backing the armed rebellion in September 2002 that sparked Ivory Coast's civil war -- will dispatch his culture minister to Ouagadougou in his place.
www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_world/view/119096/1/.html   (893 words)

  
 Dope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dope is a substance used to control the properties of semiconductors, such as phosphorus, arsenic, antimony or boron.
Dope is a hip-hop term originating in the mid-to-late 1980's to express something that is "cool" or "hip", as in "This Firebird is dope." See also: def, fresh, fly (disambiguation).
Dopé is a style of Ivorian popular music
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dope   (262 words)

  
 Africanhiphop.com :: Hip hop from the motherland :: African Rap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
As the Nigerian hip hop scene evolves, several compelling characters are regularly thrown up, adding colour and verve to the colony of microphone commanders.
This is African hip hop radio, so we will play tunes by African and diaspora emcees around the world as well as other tracks that have a clear relevance to the Motherland.
Organized by the African hip hop foundation (the organization behind Africanhiphop.com) in association with Music Mayday foundation, the African hip hop gig is part of a bigger festival called B-Connected which takes place simultaneously in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Amsterdam (Holland) on the 28th and 29th of May.
africanhiphop.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&...   (2507 words)

  
 Africanhiphop.com
As you will notice from the picture, Ivorian rappers Stezo (who represents the Flotte Imperiale posse) and Almighty (of Ministère Authentik fame) are in serious competition, and have been for some years.
They are not the youngest Hip Hop crew around: we have seen the coming and going of many child rap groups such as Kriss Kross.
And there's one Tina Spencer, queen of Ivorian pop, dressed in a way that would ensure her of immediate imprisonment in many other African countries (maybe that's why they call it Zouglou-Rape), accompanied by some muscle power men and a motorbike.
www.africanhiphop.com /crew/ivory.htm   (1981 words)

  
 Africanhiphop.com presents: African hip hop links
Fat new page from Cape Town, with articles, a graf gallery, biographies of people in hip hop, the homepage of Urbaintainment the SA hip hop e-mail newsletter, and a column by Oopy-G a so-called Pimpgod (yes they got it together in SA!).
Introduction to hip hop in the southernmost point of Africa.
Hip hop in the Cape according to ShamielX
www.africanhiphop.com /links/links.htm   (2088 words)

  
 International Reporting Project - Fellows' Stories
But after a cease-fire was signed with the government in the spring, Bockarie and his teenage thugs became a political liability to the rebels.
He arrived in Man this summer, part of the force sent to take control of the city after the Liberians were kicked out.
L'Étudiant earns his name from the fact that he was formerly a leader in the Ivory Coast's powerful student federation, an important breeding ground for Ivorian politicians.
www.pewfellowships.org /stories/ivorycoast/ivorycoast_dispatch3.htm   (855 words)

  
 International Reporting Project - Fellows' Stories
Ouattara, who is Muslim and from the north, was disqualified from the 2000 presidential race on the dubious grounds that he wasn't of Ivorian parentage, and during the election, hundreds of his supporters were killed in political violence.
Instead, he is out here manning the first rebel checkpoint after the "Zone of Confidence." The zone is a 25-mile demilitarized buffer that separates the rebels from the government forces.
Mobio was a sergeant major in the Ivorian army before the rebellion, and he also served as one of Ouattara's bodyguards.
www.pewfellowships.org /stories/ivorycoast/pf_ivorycoast_dispatch1.htm   (1591 words)

  
 The New Yorker: Online Only: Content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Some young Ivorians have such an unrealistic sense of the actual America that they expected an armed intervention by the United States in their civil war just as we were preparing to invade Iraq.
It was used to justify xenophobic laws and a campaign of intimidation not only against foreigners but against Ivorians from the north who have religious and linguistic ties to other countries.
And Ivorians are still stunned by the depth to which the country has sunk.
www.newyorker.com /online/content/?031103on_onlineonly01   (2042 words)

  
 Assata Speaks - Hands Off Assata - Let's Get Free - Revolutionary - Pan-Africanism - Black On Purpose - Liberation - ...
Joint patrols have begun in the commercial centre Abidjan with Ivorian and French troops and peacekeepers from other countries within the UN force.
On Saturday, French troops destroyed the small Ivorian air force in retaliation for a government air strike that killed nine French soldiers.
More than 1,000 Ivorians flee to Liberia as a result of the violence, the UNHCR says.
www.assatashakur.org /forums/upload/showpost.php?p=4941&postcount=1   (711 words)

  
 Dispatches From Ivory Coast - Inside the U.N. "transit center" that's home to 3,500 Liberians. By Jeremy Kahn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The men in their track suits and floppy hats, gold rings flashing from their fingers, watch as the women in their tight jeans and halter tops grind on the dance floor.
So, in May, the Ivorian rebels turned on their Liberian allies and chased them out of Man and other western cities.
In some countries, losing such a student election would simply be a matter of hurt pride.
atlanta.indymedia.org /usermedia/text/dispatches.txt   (864 words)

  
 angelodogba.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
King Angelo who was hosting his own tv show in the meantime, received a couple of awards including that of 'Revelation music of fusion' in Libreville in 1997.
And that of African hip hop pioneer in New York City, by ‘African eye’ in 2002.
Recognized as a great performer, and To have fuse hip hop, dance hall, jungle music and the African traditional culture, king Angelo has been invited to perform in France, England, Germany, Italia, Geneva and lately in the us.
www.angelodogba.com /music.shtml   (370 words)

  
 Top40-Charts.com Forums - View Single Post - Biography Magic System (Summertune 2004??)
Originating from the Yopougon district in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), the birthplace of zouglou, one of the major movements of African urban music of the Nineties, Magic System formed in 1996 and is made up of Asalfo, Goudé, Tino and Manadja.
This group got together during school and sports competitions which were the essential melting pot of young people who have left the troubled neighbourhoods of the Ivorian capital these past few years.
After shooting to the top of the charts throughout Africa and the Antilles, Ivorian group Magic System went on to conquer France three years later with their infectiously catchy single, Premier Gaou.
top40-charts.com /forums/showpost.php?p=6503&postcount=1   (1143 words)

  
 Africana.com: Gateway to the Black World
An estimated one in four foreign homes in Abidjan were destroyed in the week of unrest that has left around 60 dead and several hundred wounded, according to government and various military sources.
The week of violence was sparked by France's forceful retaliation for an Ivorian airstrike that left nine French troops dead.
The raid was one in a series of government strikes on the rebel-held north of the divided country, and violated an 18-month-old ceasefire reached last May to end Ivory Coast's low-level civil war.
archive.blackvoices.com /newswire/homepage_article.asp?ID=1154   (665 words)

  
 Heart of the Matter: No War, No Peace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Rue Princess is a dusty street lined on both sides with maquis and nightclubs.
Ivorian music and pounding hip-hop blares from every direction.
He tells me, as many Ivorians have since I've arrived, that despite the political tension, they are just trying to enjoy life and live as normally as possible.
www.clipfile.org /kahn/archives/000893.php   (1482 words)

  
 BBC - 1Xtra TX - Documentaries
Afro hip hop is their own unique sound, combining potent political opinion with the hottest sounds from overseas.
in perspective to hip hop / rap music the western world and africa beyond owe a lot to african artists and rhythms whether it be jazz, salsa, house or pop music.
so hip hop has a home in entire africa so africa must come to the world too if you can my drift...
www.bbc.co.uk /1xtra/tx/documentaries/afrobeat.shtml   (686 words)

  
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An underground legend, accomplished battle champion and an independent success Immortal Technique is now more than ever prepared to deal with the world of music and the business that tries to shape it.
Sano-In is one of the movers and shakers in the Latino Hip Hop community.
In addition to being a talented MC in his own right, he mounted 2 Latin Hip Hop shows here at S.O.B.’s and his efforts have been tireless in spreading the knowledge about gifted MC’s in that community.
www.sobs.com /urban/1228.html   (648 words)

  
 angelodogba.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Recognized as a great performer, and To have fuse hip hop, dance hall, jungle music and the African traditional culture, Angelo has been invited to perform in France, England, Germany, Italia, Geneva and lately in the us.
King Angelo is one of a pioneer in developing new african hip hop musical forms.
The H2O Festival features, film, discussion and community involvement as paramount in the hip hop community.
www.angelodogba.com /news1.shtml   (444 words)

  
 Design Indaba
Hip Hop Clothing is driven by Cheryl Arthur and Kathy Page Wood and is one of the leading designer brands in South Africa.
The story traces the relationship between the foreigner, Koffi (played by Ivorian musician Koffi Kouakou Gervais), and the little boy, Vusi (played by newcomer Bafana Matuta), that develops and grows despite the hostility and aggression directed at the foreigner amid the hustle and bustle of street trade.
Shot on location in Hillbrow, in the heart of a city deserted by white capital, and perceived to be the Sodom and Gamorrah of the new South Africa, the film deals with both the humanity of friendship, and the brutality of xenophobic hatred.
www.designindabamag.com /2004/1st/expo.htm   (5817 words)

  
 Transition Magazine : Issue 94   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
On Baltimore Avenue in Philadelphia, casualties of the civil war include the butcher, the bodega-owner, and the president of the Association of Patriotic Ivorian Women.
Siddhartha Mitter explores pride and prejudice among the partisans of the Ivorian diaspora.
Indian food might seem fancy now, but for one brown-skinned boy in the days before multiculturalism, it was a mark of shame, an invitation to a beat-down.
www.transitionmagazine.com /Backissues/TR94.html   (361 words)

  
 Saba Alemayehu Asfaw
This led her to be bent on the exploration of various dances as well as the preservation, creation, and fusion of African dance forms.
Dancer and choreographer of Congolese, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Middle Eastern, West African and Hip Hop.
Hip Hop and Belly dancer for events including Dance Ontario Dance Weekend, DLM Showcases, Choreographers’ Ball, etc.
dancersatwork.com /dancers/saba_alemayehu_asfaw.htm   (389 words)

  
 RANTS & RAVES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The rebels said they repulsed the assault on Bangolo, about 375 miles [600 kilometers] northwest of Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, but not before the attackers reached the center of town and started killing civilians suspected of backing the rebels.
Coulibaly said the victims were mostly foreigners and Ivorians from the mainly Muslim north.
Liberians, whose own country has been in a state of war for most of the past 13 years, are also fighting with Ivorian rebels.
hiphoprants.blogspot.com /2003_03_01_hiphoprants_archive.html   (4180 words)

  
 Africanhiphop.com :: Hip hop from the motherland :: African Rap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Africanhiphop.com :: Hip hop from the motherland :: African Rap
You have landed at Africanhiphop.com, the foundation of African Hip Hop culture on the web.
This site, originally called 'Rumba-Kali Home of Pan African Hip Hop' was initiated in February 1997 as a platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent.
www.africanhiphop.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&l_op=viewslink&sid=17&min=10&orderby=titleA&show=10   (194 words)

  
 Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - Arts and Entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ivorian reggae singer Alpha Blondy has released the album “Elohim.” Aspen Times photo/Stewart Oksenhorn.
The Belly Up has shown a serious liking for reggae, having brought in Toots and the Maytals, Sister Carol and more in their few short months.
The sounds on "Elohim," the eighth album by Ivorian Alpha Blondy, stick to the simple: steady shuffle rhythms, small smatterings of horns and backing vocals.
at.us.publicus.com /article/20050429/AE/104280051   (1183 words)

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