Hard Knock Radio – April 17, 2015
KPFA’s daily drive-time Hip Hop Talk Show, featuring hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson, who hit the air every day at 4 pm offering news, views, breaks, and beats.
Hard Knock Radio
4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
Hard Knock Radio
On today’s program we continue with our conversation with Big Gipp ¼ of the hip hop group Goodie Mob. HKR contributor Thandisizwe Chimurenga explores the meaning of an ally and lastly Poor News Network examines economic genocide in communities of color.
Hair Justice and The Commercialization of HipHop
We speak with Isis Brantley, the Institute of Ancestral Braiding and founder of the Naturally Isis Natural Hair Parade about her battle against government regulation to braid hair in the state of Texas. Later we speak Atlanta based recording artist Big Gipp and ¼ of Goodie Mob about his upcoming album and the lack of … Continued
A Day of Action to End Police Brutality in the United States
On today’s program we cover various actions against Police Brutality in the Bay Area and New York. We start with a look at UC Berkeley protests and then we speak with Carmen Perez, the march director for the Justice League about the 9-Day March From New York To D.C. to end police brutality. Our last … Continued
Hard Knock Radio – April 13, 2015
We speak with Kevin Powell the head of BK Nation about the latest wave of police terrorism.
Torture by Medical Neglect, HipHop /Activism and Aerosol Art Culture
We speak with the son of Mumia Abu-Jamal about the health of his father, hip-hop artist Zumbi of ZionI stops by to discuss HipHop and activism and lastly we chop it up with artist Chamuco Cortez about La Movida Lives event at Eastside Arts Alliance this weekend.
We speak with Erica Garner about the police involved murder of her father, Eric Garner and the case in North Charleston where a white police officer faces murder charges after his fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man, Walter Scott was caught on video. And Poor News Network examines economic terrorism in urban communities. 5pm … Continued
Prison guard plot to kill a black inmate, Fort Lauderdale Police officers exchange of racist text messages and Mumia Abu-Jamal health crisis
On today’s program we speak with Phillip Agnew, the Executive Director of Dream Defenders about two Florida state prison guards and a former corrections employee accused of KKK ties and plotting to kill a black inmate. As well as four Fort Lauderdale Police officers exchange of racist text messages between themselves. In the later half … Continued
On today’s program we speak with Eddy Zheng, a high-profile San Francisco Chinatown activist who was among 83 people granted a full pardon Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Eddy Zheng spent 19 years in prison for kidnapping and robbery.
Apple’s decision to not hire ex-felons and Chicago upcoming elections
We speak with Dorsey Nunn from the organization Legal Services w/ Children about Apple’s recent decision to not hire ex-felons. Later on in the show we talk to Chicago activists about the tomorrow’s historical run off election. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director, has over thirty-five years experience working on prison related issues.