Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Movado - So Special
Movado has been burning the airwaves and dancehalls in Jamaica and the Caribbean islands. His new video So Special
Friday, February 20, 2009
Social Media Consultation
If you are a business owner and would like to learn more about social media marketing and how the Internet can stimulate your current services or products then Guerrilla Tech Knowledge is a good start.
If you are a person who wishes to organize their personal tasks or have social networking websites assist in your day to day planning then contact us for a introductory consultation @ 1.877.862.9565
We are available for individuals, small businesses, non-profits and corporations.
If you are a person who wishes to organize their personal tasks or have social networking websites assist in your day to day planning then contact us for a introductory consultation @ 1.877.862.9565
We are available for individuals, small businesses, non-profits and corporations.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
What do you think?
"The New York Post is standing behind a cartoon that some have interpreted as comparing President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police. The cartoon in Wednesday's Post by Sean Delonas shows two police officers standing over the body of a bullet-riddled chimp. One of the officers says the other, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton called the cartoon "troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys."
But Sharpton said the Post should clarify the point it was trying to make with the cartoon, which was playing off Monday's rampage by a pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., that left a woman severely mauled. Police ended up killing the chimp.
In a statement, Post Editor-in-Chief Col Allan said: "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist."
A story about the cartoon on the liberal-leaning Huffington Post Web site drew hundreds of reader responses, many calling the cartoon racist and insensitive.
Sam Stein, a columnist for the site, wrote that "at its most benign, the cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. Most provocatively, it compares the president to a rabid chimp. Either way, the incorporation of violence and (on a darker level) race into politics is bound to be controversial."
"The New York Post is standing behind a cartoon that some have interpreted as comparing President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police. The cartoon in Wednesday's Post by Sean Delonas shows two police officers standing over the body of a bullet-riddled chimp. One of the officers says the other, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton called the cartoon "troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys."
But Sharpton said the Post should clarify the point it was trying to make with the cartoon, which was playing off Monday's rampage by a pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., that left a woman severely mauled. Police ended up killing the chimp.
In a statement, Post Editor-in-Chief Col Allan said: "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist."
A story about the cartoon on the liberal-leaning Huffington Post Web site drew hundreds of reader responses, many calling the cartoon racist and insensitive.
Sam Stein, a columnist for the site, wrote that "at its most benign, the cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. Most provocatively, it compares the president to a rabid chimp. Either way, the incorporation of violence and (on a darker level) race into politics is bound to be controversial."
Monday, February 16, 2009
New Balance uses crowdsourcing
After seeing the success of Charlene Li logo competition I noticed that crowdsourcing was becoming a new trend among businesses. The newly released book Crowdsourcing: Why The Power of The Crowd Is Driving The Future of Business by Jeff Howe is a very good resource for finding out more about this unique approach to getting things done by people who are qualified and passionate about doing something they are familiar with.
New Balance has jumped on the bandwagon and started a shoe design competition for anyone who thinks they can design a sneaker. The winner will design the 576 and 1700 models with only 600 pairs sold to select stores.
Check BOOKiDO for the book or New Balance sneakers.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Indian Farmers Demand More Mobile Phones
During a global economic crisis many industries are suffering with low sells and decreasing growth. Yet the mobile phone industry in India has grown to a record 11 million subscribers this year.
Economists say that India’s economic growth and stock market for this year are slowing down. But cellphone companies like Idea Cellular Ltd. are aggressively meeting the demands of rural Indians who on the average use their phones 8.5 hours a month, increasing 10% from last year. The increase of subscribers is making India the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world and there are little signs of it slowing down.
In rural villages, farmers use cell phones to find the latest market price on products like coconuts, rice, jasmine and buffalo milk just from a dial on the phone rather than catching a bus 50 miles into town. With cell phone towers available in the village, farmers can save time and energy while working in the fields.
The rapid demand for cellphones are from people who typically earn less than $1,000 a year. Many are part of the landless Indian population who are not affected by the declining city real estate prices or falling stocks. Since majority of them have little access to regular landline networks each time a wireless tower comes into the village a farmer buys their first cell phone for convenience as well as an investment.
India has a national penetration rate of less than 30%, proving there is still room for an untapped market in a country of over 1 billion people. In comparison to the U.S. where more than 80% of the population have mobile phones India is continuing to discover its digital communication networks in places where email and text messaging is nearly existing.
Will the farmers have a reverse affect on market prices once they are equipped with more mobile phones to help them become more efficient entrepreneurs?
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Trying To Sell Indians Organic Food
This is a short film about the obstacles of selling organic food in New Delhi, India. Traditional farming methods are becoming a harm to the soil and making it harder to grow food organically. A look at a organic grocery owner as he explains most of the stores want to "put things on the shelf that move off the shelf more fast". Watch and see the new GREEN REVOLUTION IN INDIA.
courtesy of Global Post
G1 Phone pictures
Tae Kwon Do School
Washington DC
Seattle
South Africa
Since Google and T Mobile officially released the G1 phone thousands of people waited to see what the search engine empire was developing with Android applications. The first phone to have google maps, gmail, Youtube, wikipedia, mobile banking and social network applications at the speed of a touch screen scroll. With a short battery life and no video recording capability the phone has its most useful times when searching the Internet and replying to emails.I took a few photos with the G1 listed above and here is what I captured with the 3 mega pixel camera phone.
Locations: South Africa, Seattle and Washington DC
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Mozam Prez Willing To Talk
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has said he is quite willing to speak with Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the former rebel movement Renamo, but will not negotiate changes to the law with him.
Speaking to the Mozambican reporters who accompanied him to the SADC (Southern African Development Community) summit in Pretoria, Guebuza said "The leader of Renamo is a political leader in our country, he's a Mozambican citizen. If he wants to speak with me, he can do so. I have no problem about him peaking with me".
Monday, January 26, 2009
Whistle Stop tour-Video
The WHite House has just released this video, I have to admit that whoever does the video editing is utilizing the digital storytelling cookbook.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Day In the life with Richard Branson
A great entrepreneur and forward thinking businessmen alive. Branson not only makes billions of dollars from over 200 companies but he gives a lot to charities that work in Africa and across the world. See if you can do as much as he does in 1 day!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Barack Obama Speaks In BMore
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
BOOKiDO on Twitter
You can follow BOOKiDO on Twitter and get the latest updates, and product discounts!
go to www.Twitter.com/bookido
go to www.Twitter.com/bookido
Community Service website from Obama Administration
The President-elect Barack Obama has initiated a new website to promote community service called www.USAservice.org
In the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. the website provides resources to community organizations. There are a lot of organizations that should be listed that I know have done great work nationally and internationally.
Here is what they are about:
In 1994, Congress transformed the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday into a national day of community service to further commemorate a man who lived his life in service to others. As a tribute to that legacy and the very real needs of our nation, the President-elect and Vice President-elect have launched a national organizing effort on the eve of their Inauguration to engage Americans in service. This national day of service will fall on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, 2009 and, unlike past calls to service, President-elect Obama is calling on all Americans to do more than just offer a single day of service to their cities, towns and neighborhoods. He is asking all of us to make an ongoing commitment to our communities. Never has it been more important to come together in shared purpose to tackle the common challenges we face.
In the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. the website provides resources to community organizations. There are a lot of organizations that should be listed that I know have done great work nationally and internationally.
Here is what they are about:
In 1994, Congress transformed the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday into a national day of community service to further commemorate a man who lived his life in service to others. As a tribute to that legacy and the very real needs of our nation, the President-elect and Vice President-elect have launched a national organizing effort on the eve of their Inauguration to engage Americans in service. This national day of service will fall on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, 2009 and, unlike past calls to service, President-elect Obama is calling on all Americans to do more than just offer a single day of service to their cities, towns and neighborhoods. He is asking all of us to make an ongoing commitment to our communities. Never has it been more important to come together in shared purpose to tackle the common challenges we face.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Benicio Del Toro "CHE"
Benicio Del Toro WINNER Best Actor - Cannes Film Festival 2008TRULY EPIC...BOLD Manohla Dargis, NEW YORK TIMES
Benicio Del Toro (gives a) soulful and charismatic performance. A.O. Scott - New York Times
CHE is a thing to be experienced...might well have been approved by Roberto Rossellini, envied by Francis Coppola, and even appreciated by its subject. J. Hoberman - Village Voice
CHE: THE ROADSHOW EDITION - we will screen both parts as one film with an intermission.
CHE PART I - THE ARGENTINE On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a young Argentine idealist and doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro - to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che proves himself an indispensable fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people.
THE ARGENTINE tracks Che's rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero.
CHE PART II - GUERILLA After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. The story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world. Dir. Steven Soderbergh, USA, 2008, 262 min.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvENx90srto&eurl=http://www.belcourt.org/events?id=60747&feature=player_embedded
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire-Trailer
I first heard about this movie from a blog post by Common and I have been trying to see it ever since. Word in Hollywood and Bollywood is that it this encouraging movie from India may win a Golden Globe award. Will this be the next international film to break the North American market and snatch an Academy Award like Tstosi did for South Africa?
Check the trailer out:
BOOKiDO TV
Check the trailer out:
BOOKiDO TV
Estevan Oriol in the Office!
This is the homie Estevan Oriol talking about his office life--Hilarious! shout out to Soul Assassin studios! I gotta call him up and tell him happy new year.
www.BookidoTV.net
www.BookidoTV.net
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Rosenberg Flip Cam Files
Everybody knows that BOOKiDO likes the Flip Camcorder and as you will see Peter Rosenberg is taking digital media to another level in hip hop. Here is a tribute to DJ Premier!
BOOKiDO x DJ Premier
Che - The Movie
Go see this movie if it comes to your town. Starring Benicio Del Toro this is the biographical movie about revolutionary Che Guerava. In two parts this film has been receiving good reviews and even a letter of congratulations from Dr. Guevara's wife.
Cee-Lo on the Wake Up Show
Cee-Lo kicks a crazzzyyy freestyle on this interview at around 5:11 into the video( HIP HOP is NOT DEAD!)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Sidney Poiter's Acceptance speech for Oscar 1964
In 1964 Sidney Poiter won an Academy Award for best Actor.
then he predicts "Obama" in the movie "Guess who's coming to dinner?" A great screenplay movie!
then he predicts "Obama" in the movie "Guess who's coming to dinner?" A great screenplay movie!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Inner Focus in Martial Arts
By Melissa Stranden
"Each day, I will live by honoring my parents and instructors, practicing to the best of my abilities, and having courtesy and respect for everyone I meet!" -- Part of an oath recited at the beginning and ending of each Karate for Kids class at the ATA Martial Arts center, in Martinez, California.
Jordan Schreiber greets a first-time tae kwon do student by complimenting his new uniform and white belt. The student is shy, and Master Schreiber takes him aside to teach him some basic poses and Korean commands. The boy's eyes stay glued to the red-and-black mat. Schreiber gently nudges him to look up.
"Look at my eyes. This is how you show me your attention. Now say, 'Thank you, sir.'"
A barely audible "Sir" is heard before the student takes his position in the class. Forty-five minutes later, after numerous kicks, blocks, and punches, two recitations of the student oath, a discussion of this month's life skill, a visualization exercise, and a hundred or so repetitions of "Yes, sir," the same student faces Master Schreiber, looks his teacher in the eye, and shakes his hand. It is a small but meaningful step.
Look at BOOKiDO for books on Martial Arts
"Each day, I will live by honoring my parents and instructors, practicing to the best of my abilities, and having courtesy and respect for everyone I meet!" -- Part of an oath recited at the beginning and ending of each Karate for Kids class at the ATA Martial Arts center, in Martinez, California.
Jordan Schreiber greets a first-time tae kwon do student by complimenting his new uniform and white belt. The student is shy, and Master Schreiber takes him aside to teach him some basic poses and Korean commands. The boy's eyes stay glued to the red-and-black mat. Schreiber gently nudges him to look up.
"Look at my eyes. This is how you show me your attention. Now say, 'Thank you, sir.'"
A barely audible "Sir" is heard before the student takes his position in the class. Forty-five minutes later, after numerous kicks, blocks, and punches, two recitations of the student oath, a discussion of this month's life skill, a visualization exercise, and a hundred or so repetitions of "Yes, sir," the same student faces Master Schreiber, looks his teacher in the eye, and shakes his hand. It is a small but meaningful step.
Look at BOOKiDO for books on Martial Arts
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Laid-off workers occupy Chicago factory
'We're doing something we haven't since the 1930s,' labor organizer says
CHICAGO - Workers laid off from their jobs at a factory have occupied the building and are demanding assurances they'll get severance and vacation pay that they say they are owed.
About 200 employees of Republic Windows and Doors began their sit-in Friday, the last scheduled day of the plant's operation.
“I have to stay,” Raul Flores told a local news organization. “Not just for me. For my family. For my children.”
Leah Fried, an organizer with the United Electrical Workers, said the Chicago-based vinyl window manufacturer failed to give 60 days' notice required by law before shutting down.
Workers also were angered when company officials didn't show up for a meeting Friday that had been arranged by U.S. Rep Luis Gutierrez, a Chicago Democrat, she said.
During the peaceful takeover, workers have been shoveling snow and cleaning the building, Fried said.
"We're doing something we haven't since the 1930s, so we're trying to make it work," Fried said.
Union officials said another meeting with the company is scheduled for Monday.
Representatives of Republic Windows did not immediately respond Saturday to calls and e-mails seeking comment.
Police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said authorities were aware of the situation and officers were patrolling the area.
Crain's Chicago Business reported that the company's monthly sales had fallen to $2.9 million from $4 million during the past month.
In a memo to the union, obtained by the business journal, Republic CEO Rich Gillman said the company had "no choice but to shut our doors."
CHICAGO - Workers laid off from their jobs at a factory have occupied the building and are demanding assurances they'll get severance and vacation pay that they say they are owed.
About 200 employees of Republic Windows and Doors began their sit-in Friday, the last scheduled day of the plant's operation.
“I have to stay,” Raul Flores told a local news organization. “Not just for me. For my family. For my children.”
Leah Fried, an organizer with the United Electrical Workers, said the Chicago-based vinyl window manufacturer failed to give 60 days' notice required by law before shutting down.
Workers also were angered when company officials didn't show up for a meeting Friday that had been arranged by U.S. Rep Luis Gutierrez, a Chicago Democrat, she said.
During the peaceful takeover, workers have been shoveling snow and cleaning the building, Fried said.
"We're doing something we haven't since the 1930s, so we're trying to make it work," Fried said.
Union officials said another meeting with the company is scheduled for Monday.
Representatives of Republic Windows did not immediately respond Saturday to calls and e-mails seeking comment.
Police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said authorities were aware of the situation and officers were patrolling the area.
Crain's Chicago Business reported that the company's monthly sales had fallen to $2.9 million from $4 million during the past month.
In a memo to the union, obtained by the business journal, Republic CEO Rich Gillman said the company had "no choice but to shut our doors."
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Joker Brand Presents Estevan Oriol
Shout out to Joker Brand clothing! Here is a short video of Estevan Oriol at work doing what he does best----SHOOT!
FINAL HOME x Casio G -Shock watch
Kosuke Tsumura’s technical label Final Home, follows a muted yet technically refined approach towards design. Consisting mainly of monotone garments, the aesthetic continues Tsumura’s belief that clothes can adapt according to natures elements, in a way becoming their own “ultimate shelter”. The lifestyle brand is synonymous with the concepts of protection, survival and functionality which makes their latest collaboration with Casio ideal, considering the G-Shocks model familiarity with functional and technical aspects. The watch is available in two colorways, black or white, featuring FINAL HOME’s conceptual vision.
DJ Premier x Ludacris in the studio interview
This is hot to see Premo in action from scratch showing off his "scratching" skills! Real hip hop fans will know that Youtube is a life saver to see the legends in action!
www.BookidoTV.net
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
American Folk Music Legend Odetta Passes at 77
American folk music legend Odetta dies at 77
Dec. 3, 2008, 6:41 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. [Just a couple of weeks ago, the original songstress met with Leadbelly curator and family descendent, Alvin Singh II. Still at it, Odetta said she wanted to perform at Leadbelly's Exibit at the Grammy Museum in L.A., February 2009 to rekindle the legacy of an old friend. We will remember her legacy as she takes her last bow.] She was 77.
Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital, said her manager of 12 years, Doug Yeager. She was admitted to the hospital with kidney failure about three weeks ago, he said.
In spite of failing health that caused her to use a wheelchair, Odetta performed 60 concerts in the last two years, singing for 90 minutes at a time. Her singing ability never diminished, Yeager said.
"The power would just come out of her like people wouldn't believe," he said.
With her booming, classically trained voice and spare guitar, Odetta gave life to the songs by workingmen and slaves, farmers and miners, housewives and washerwomen, blacks and whites.
First coming to prominence in the 1950s, she influenced Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and other singers who had roots in the folk music boom.
An Odetta record on the turntable, listeners could close their eyes and imagine themselves hearing the sounds of spirituals and blues as they rang out from a weathered back porch or around a long-vanished campfire a century before.
"What distinguished her from the start was the meticulous care with which she tried to re-create the feeling of her folk songs; to understand the emotions of a convict in a convict ditty, she once tried breaking up rocks with a sledge hammer," Time magazine wrote in 1960.
"She is a keening Irishwoman in `Foggy Dew,' a chain-gang convict in `Take This Hammer,' a deserted lover in `Lass from the Low Country,'" Time wrote.
Odetta called on her fellow blacks to "take pride in the history of the American Negro" and was active in the civil rights movement. When she sang at the March on Washington in August 1963, "Odetta's great, full-throated voice carried almost to Capitol Hill," The New York Times wrote.
She was nominated for a 1963 Grammy awards for best folk recording for "Odetta Sings Folk Songs." Two more Grammy nominations came in recent years, for her 1999 "Blues Everywhere I Go" and her 2005 album "Gonna Let It Shine."
In 1999, she was honored with a National Medal of the Arts. Then-President Bill Clinton said her career showed "us all that songs have the power to change the heart and change the world."
"I'm not a real folksinger," she told The Washington Post in 1983. "I don't mind people calling me that, but I'm a musical historian. I'm a city kid who has admired an area and who got into it. I've been fortunate. With folk music, I can do my teaching and preaching, my propagandizing."
Among her notable early works were her 1956 album "Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues," which included such songs as "Muleskinner Blues" and "Jack O' Diamonds"; and her 1957 "At the Gate of Horn," which featured the popular spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands."
Her 1965 album "Odetta Sings Dylan" included such standards as "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "Masters of War" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'."
In a 1978 Playboy interview, Dylan said, "the first thing that turned me on to folk singing was Odetta." He said he found "just something vital and personal" when he heard an early album of hers in a record store as a teenager. "Right then and there, I went out and traded my electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustical guitar," he said.
Belafonte also cited her as a key influence on his hugely successful recording career, and she was a guest singer on his 1960 album, "Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall."
She continued to record in recent years; her 2001 album "Looking for a Home (Thanks to Leadbelly)" paid tribute to the great blues singer to whom she was sometimes compared.
Odetta's last big concert was on Oct. 4 at San Francisco's Golden State Park, where she performed in front of tens of thousands at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, Yeager said. She also performed Oct. 25-26 in Toronto.
Odetta hoped to sing at the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, though she had not been officially invited, Yeager said.
Born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Ala., in 1930, she moved with her family to Los Angeles at age 6. Her father had died when she was young and she took her stepfather's last name, Felious. Hearing her in glee club, a junior high teacher made sure she got music lessons, but Odetta became interested in folk music in her late teens and turned away from classical studies.
She got much of her early experience at the Turnabout Theatre in Los Angeles, where she sang and played occasional stage roles in the early 1950s.
"What power of characterization and projection of mood are hers, even though plainly clad and sitting or standing in half light!" a Los Angeles Times critic wrote in 1955.
Over the years, she picked up occasional acting roles in TV and film. None other than famed Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper reported in 1961 that she "comes through beautifully" in the film "Sanctuary."
In the Washington Post interview, Odetta theorized that humans developed music and dance because of fear, "fear of God, fear that the sun would not come back, many things. I think it developed as a way of worship or to appease something. ... The world hasn't improved, and so there's always something to sing about."
Odetta is survived by a daughter, Michelle Esrick of New York City, and a son, Boots Jaffre, of Fort Collins, Colo. She was divorced about 40 years ago and never remarried, her manager said.
A memorial service was planned for next month, Yeager said.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Online sneaker retailer Flauge and Japanese sneaker label Cause, best known for their superior comfort and quality footwear, will be teaming up for their take on the traditional moccasin boots. Due to popular demand in Japan, these moccasin boots were released last year by Cause but now fans will be pleased to know that this time they will be collaborating with Flauge for this exclusive, limited release.
Available at Bookido
Available at Bookido
Thursday, November 27, 2008
South Africa's Top Deejays Unite for AIDS Marathon
Artists such as Eazy-E and Jean Grae have respectively kept the topics of AIDS and South Africa relevant in Hip Hop's collective consciousness. As the United States celebrates Thanksgiving on Thursday [November 27], a collection of South Africa's top deejays will be halfway across the globe participating in a 100-hour deejaying marathon, in efforts to raise awareness about the country's AIDS pandemic.
The participants--DJ Azuhl, DJ Eazy, DJ Ready D, DJ E20, and DJ Intelligent Design, who represents the U.S.--will each spend a portion of the 100-hour marathon taking up residence on Cape Town's V&A Ampitheatre stage in hopes of inspiring a dialogue about HIV and AIDS among South Africa's youth.
"South Africa has one of the highest infection rates in the world, and this is an opportunity for Hip Hop to raise awareness and open discussion to different communities in Cape Town," DJ Azhul tells HipHopDX. Collectively, the DJ's have lent their skills to the likes of Public Enemy, Akon, Coolio, Jazzy Jeff and Ice-T.
"Musicians and artists are leaders because youth listen to us before they listen to teachers and even their parents," says DJ Eazy. "Kids will let a CD tell them how to dress and how to act. This deejay marathon is a way to put out a positive message with a high level of youth involvement."
The deejay marathon will be part of a the five-day Red Rhythms event, organized by the non-profit organization ConsciousFlowz. Admission is free, and more information for those both in and outside of South Africa is available at www.consciousflowz.org.
The participants--DJ Azuhl, DJ Eazy, DJ Ready D, DJ E20, and DJ Intelligent Design, who represents the U.S.--will each spend a portion of the 100-hour marathon taking up residence on Cape Town's V&A Ampitheatre stage in hopes of inspiring a dialogue about HIV and AIDS among South Africa's youth.
"South Africa has one of the highest infection rates in the world, and this is an opportunity for Hip Hop to raise awareness and open discussion to different communities in Cape Town," DJ Azhul tells HipHopDX. Collectively, the DJ's have lent their skills to the likes of Public Enemy, Akon, Coolio, Jazzy Jeff and Ice-T.
"Musicians and artists are leaders because youth listen to us before they listen to teachers and even their parents," says DJ Eazy. "Kids will let a CD tell them how to dress and how to act. This deejay marathon is a way to put out a positive message with a high level of youth involvement."
The deejay marathon will be part of a the five-day Red Rhythms event, organized by the non-profit organization ConsciousFlowz. Admission is free, and more information for those both in and outside of South Africa is available at www.consciousflowz.org.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
