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 – History. Hip-Hop Academics.
We bring you a quick history on 4-20. Later in the show, we pick up where we left off on Friday as Davey D discusses Hip-Hop studies with author Adam Mansbach, Dr. Donna Lisa Fisher & Naomi Bragen with the Dance Performance company.
Hard Knock Radio – Studies Conference. Brass, Bows & Beats.
Davey D discusses tomorrow's first ever Hip-Hop Studies Conference at UC Berkeley. Later in the show Weyland speaks with Adam Theis about the Brass Bows & Beats Hip-Hop Symphony happening tomorrow at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre.
Hard Knock Radio – San Quinton Film School. K’Naan on Pirates.
Weyland discusses the Discovery Channel reality show San Quinton Film School. Later in the program in light of the recent Somali Piracy that's been making headlines, we re-broadcast an excerpt of an interview Davey D did with Somali Rapper K'Naan who spoke about that issue.
Hard Knock Radio – Author Nelson George. U People.
Ricky Vincent speaks with author Nelson George about his latest book City Kid: A Writer's Memoir of Ghetto Life and Post-Soul Success. Later in the show Weyland discusses the Documentary “U People” which premiers in the Bay Area this week.
Hard Knock Radio – Ticket to Exile. Karma Calling.
Anita Johnson speaks with today's featured author and former KPFA programer Adam David Miller about his book Ticket To Exile: A Memior. Later in the show Weyland speaks with filmmaker Sarba Das about her movie Karma Calling.
Hard Knock Radio – Diversifying Hip-Hop. Truth Be Told.
Anita Johnson discusses this weekend's event Diversifying Hip-Hop: Krip-Hop & Homo-Hop. Anita speaks with two of it's participants, multi-award winning Houston hip-hop & R&B artist Miss Money and Hip-Hop spoken word artist and activist Leroy Moore. Later in the show Welyand speaks with Hip-Hop artist Rico Pabon and Soulstrice Kimiko Joy about tonight's event at … Continued
Hard Knock Radio – Zion-I, The Take Over
Weyland speaks with Oakland Hip-Hop duo Zion-I about their new album “The Take Over”