We starting this thing a little early!

Although our annual hiphop awareness week is the first week of May, we are starting things off sooner than usual because we have a special guest coming tomorrow!

Tomorrow, between noon and 6pm, the international Hiphop Mobile Museum will be on display on the 3rd floor of the Baker University Center! Accompanying it will be Professor Grif from the legendary hiphop group Public Enemy. He will be at our meet and greet in the Maggie Davis Room on the 1st floor of Baker at 6pm.

Sunday at 3pm we will serve our community in washing cars at Class A Sounds on E. State Street in Athens. So bring your car down to Class A Sounds for a good washing! Donations will be taken for our work.

Monday at 6pm we will have our graffiti workshop in Baker 240! You will get some hands-on experience learning how to draw like the taggers! We have brought in a special guest artist from Art Apocalypse to guide the workshop and help out with supplies.

Tuesday at 5pm we will have our DJ workshop in the Front Room! There you will also get some hands-on experience in another artistic element of hiphop. Hosted by our Advisor, Dr. Akil Houston, he will provide the turntables for you to learn how to spin like the best of them!

Wednesday at 7pm in Bentley 124 is our forum on hiphop as a cultural artifact. There we will explore how hiphop, which started as an American subculture, has become a voice for the entire world! From fashion to politics, we will talk about how much hiphop is the drive for everything that has to do with change, as well as how it effects the community it began to serve. This event will feature a panelists of artists, faculty, and students.

Friday at 7:30pm in Baker 239 is our MC Workshop! Learn how to spit hot fire (and not like Dylan) hosted by some of our prestigious Athens emcees. Learn how important an emcee is in hiphop and to the world. Afterwards, show your skills at this month’s Freestyle Fellowship! The monthly First Friday Freestyle Fellowship will be at 11pm in front of Pawpurr’s on Courts Street in Athens.

Get ready. We coming! Any questions, comments, concerns, hit us up!

Peace.

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