Davey D Interviews Hip Hop Artist and Activist Jasiri X
| Davey D Interviews Hip Hop Artist and Activist Jasiri X |
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| Written by BreakDown FM ID4304 |
| Monday, 14 April 2008 04:52 |
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Legendary Hip Hop Journalist Davey D interviews hip hop artist and activist Jasiri X and One HOOD out of Pittsburgh. Jasiri X made a mark not only in hip hop but with the mainstream with his controversial hit song FREE THE JENA 6. Jasiri X is a gifted artist of socially conscious hip hop who has meaning in his rap. He is a member of the Nation of Islam and is part of the One HOOD project out of Pittsburgh. In this interview Jasiri X explains how he tells young up coming hip hop MC’s the best thing they can do is read. ‘Words are our weapons”. Jasiri X is more than a hip hop MC and thru this interview you can see his intelligence and wisdom. The insight and history he brings into Pittsburgh hip hop and The Nation of Islam (NOI) in hip hop is very enlightening. This interview also features One HOOD's Revolutionary Reverends; Rev Cornell Jones, Rev. Eugene Blackwell, Rev. J.E. Gamble and One HOOD's Mental Health Expert Darnell Drewery. Some of the topics covered in this Breakdown FM hip hop interview include: Does being an MC conflict with being in the Nation of Islam? Why does Islam produce such Legendary MCs? Pittsburgh's Hip Hop History Pittsburgh's History of Police Brutality How did One HOOD begin? The Role the Black Church plays in our Fight for Freedom? How can Christians and Muslims work together? Also, included is music from the hip hop EP I GOT THAT X, Jasiri X's latest Mix CD featuring his controversial hit song FREE THE JENA 6, The Box and the Trouble remix. THIS IS THE HEARAFTER! Visit Jasiri X at http://www.myspace.com/jasirix Check out the interview Below powered by ODEO |
