Hip-Hop Diplomacy
Why It Matters
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Why Does Hiphop Matter?
In synegal, people warned me to be careful, because it was a moslem country and the men. And i was at the national school of the arts here in dacar and speaking. There were two older men in the corner, dressed in traditional garb. They stood there and they virtually prayed over my translator. It was just so beautiful. We consistently argue that things far away matter to you at home. Things at home matter to people far away, whether or not we recognize it. So in that vein why does hiphop matter? Hiphop matters because it is art. It is creativity, is culture. It is community. No matter what language we speak, no
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