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.
Today on the program club 94 returns as we bring you a live in studio performance from Oakland Emcee, Poet Ise Lyfe who is going to perform new cuts off of his sophmore CD "The Prince Cometh" which hits your local record stores today.
We’ll here excerts from the acceptance speeches from Green Party candidates Cynthia McKinny and Rosa Clemente. Later in the show Davey D brings us reactions from activists TJ Crawford and Rebel Diaz.
Political Commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal on "The Boy They Called "Bus Head." Then M-1 of Dead Prez speaks with Mumia in an exclusive interview, courtesy of Block Report Radio. Later in the show Weyland speaks with Carol Bruno about this year’s Reggae Rising festival.
Anita Johnson discusses the book "Not Just a Pretty Face-The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry." Later in the show we bring you more from National Conference on Media Reform as Davey D speaks Shamako Noble of Hip-Hop Congress & Julie C of Reclaim the Media.
Davey D speaks with activist & Hard Knock correspondent Rosa Clemente about being named Vice President candidate for Cynthia McKinny’s presidential campaign with the green party. Later in the show Weyland speaks with Michael Sturts, creator of the Fire Arts Festival kicking off tonight and going until the 12th.
Davey D speaks with Martha Diaz and Marcella Hall of the Hip Hop Association. They have deemed 2008 as the year of the Hip Hop woman. They also have a new book about dealing with Hip Hop and Education.
Davey D discusses the book "Hip-Hop Tried to Kill Me."
Davey D speaks with the group Rebel Diaz who were recent victims of police terrorism.
Mumia Abu-Jamal brings us a commentary on "Hollow Victory" Davey D speaks with Laura Flanders of Grit TV at the National Conference on Media Reform. Later in the show Weyland speaks with Bay Area soul singer Codany Holiday about his tribute show to Donnie Hathaway this Saturday at Blakes.
Davey D speaks with Troy NKrumah, President of the National Hip-Hop Political Convention. Later in the show Hard Knock Correspondent Gregg Bridges discusses alternatives to the 4th of July holiday.
