PEACE!
An Element of Hip Hop
SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2012
An Element of Hip Hop
SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2012
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8th Annual Vancouver
International Hip Hop
4 Peace Festival - 2012
Back in Vancouver..
OBSESIÓN!
Pioneers of Cuban Hip Hop
DIRECT FROM CUBA
FREE & ALL AGES
ALL EVENTS ARE DRUG & ALCOHOL FREE
Saturday September 15
1-7pm
ALL DAY OUTDOOR SHOW
ALL DAY OUTDOOR SHOW
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson at Howe Street
Downtown Vancouver, BC
Robson at Howe Street
Downtown Vancouver, BC
Sunday September 16
2-6pm
WORKSHOPS & FORUM Neighbourhood House
5288 Joyce Street
Vancouver, BC
(1 Block South of Joyce Skytrain Station)
Hip Hop is picking up the mic and
taking it's place in the struggle for a better world! In our world
today, war and occupation has brought devastation and death to
Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and most recently Libya, and now
imperialist forces are focusing their war drive on the next targets
of military intervention. Syria is on a path of destruction with a
civil war imposed by the U.S. Obama regime and their imperialist
allies against the Syrian people. Iran is facing increasing
sanctions, covert intervention, sabotage and daily threats of
military intervention. Every day we are subjected to a massive
mainstream media deception campaign against these two countries. In
the struggle for an end to this brutal war drive, a global language
of resistance is breaking out of war zones and ghettos, refugee camps
and reservations. Hip Hop is raising a voice for peace world wide and
here in Vancouver with PEACE! An Element of Hip Hop.
On September 15th and 16th,
the 8th Annual Vancouver International Hip Hop 4 Peace
Festival returns to showcase an alliance of local and international
MC’s, Breakdancers, DJ’s, Graffiti Writers and Peace Activists!
This year’s festival will once again bring the Cuban Revolutionary
flavour to Vancouver with OBSESIÓN direct from Cuba – Pioneers of
Cuban Hip Hop.
On Saturday, Hip Hop 4 Peace will be
out in the sun for an all-day outdoor show with body rocking beats
and lyrics that inspire the mind. Sunday will be a day of workshops
where participants can try out the fine arts of breakdancing and
writing and rapping rhymes, as well as take part in a discussion with
artists and activists on the importance of Hip Hop and it’s role in
the struggle for peace and humanity.
Over the last near decade, the festival
has evolved into one of the most significant events of its kind. A
unique facet of the festival is that it is absolutely built,
organized, sponsored and supported by communities of youth, families,
and working people from across the world. The festival continues to
be committed to being as accessible, diverse, creative and idealistic
as the human imagination can construct!
“Power to the People Cause the
People Want Peace!”
- Public Enemy
Artists Lineup:
Obsesión
Joose Justis
Attikus & GBoXX
Fatty Down
Ndidi Cascade
Tonye Aganaba
Savage Rock (Now or Never Crew)
A-Slam
Fully Faded
Estea Elements
JB the 1st Lady
Ali Dahesh
Kasseb
K-Rec
C-Lo
Babie Paul
Discreet da Chosen 1
Speeches Beyond
Ill Tone & King's Landing
Chief Rock & Lisa Monchalin
Babaluku Free Nation
Indigo Kids
Ekko
Joose Justis
Attikus & GBoXX
Fatty Down
Ndidi Cascade
Tonye Aganaba
Savage Rock (Now or Never Crew)
A-Slam
Fully Faded
Estea Elements
JB the 1st Lady
Ali Dahesh
Kasseb
K-Rec
C-Lo
Babie Paul
Discreet da Chosen 1
Speeches Beyond
Ill Tone & King's Landing
Chief Rock & Lisa Monchalin
Babaluku Free Nation
Indigo Kids
Ekko