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Date: April 2, 1999
Hip-Hop Conference to Bridge Education and Entertainment
PRINCETON, N.J. -- A student-organized conference on Hip-Hop music will gather musicians, writers and cultural critics and feature a film showing, a panel discussion, and a B-Boy performance.
Members of the Nubian Rhapsody Group, a student group dedicated to raising awareness of Black culture within the University community, organized the April 9 event, "Bridging Education and Entertainment: Empowering the Hip-Hop Generation," with the sponsorship of Princeton's Program in African-American Studies.
A screening of the film Wild Style by Grand Wizard Theodore of the Universal Zulu Nation, the now international group originally based in New York that pioneered the Hip-Hop movement, and a visual presentation on graffiti artwork by Alain Mariduena, publisher of Stress magazine, will begin at 2 p.m. in McCosh 10.
At 4 p.m. in McCosh 50, a panel on "Nurturing the Mind and Soul" will feature the rap artists Bahamadia and Common; Brother Righteous of the Universal Zulu Nation; Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, a recent Princeton graduate who edits Source magazine; Omoyele McIntosh, the founder of Fan Family Inc., which provides fan relations for R&B and Hip-Hop artists; and Professor William Perkins of the University of Pennsylvania, author of Droppin' Science, a book of critical essays on Hip-Hop.
At 7 p.m. members of the Universal Zulu Nation will put on a performance of B-boy, or breakdancing, in McCosh 50. Afterward, there will be an MC battle, or rap contest, open to everyone.
All events are open to the public and free of charge. For further information, e-mail brwhite@princeton.edu or dmdoig@princeton.edu.