Hard Knock Radio – September 30, 2004
Folks from the Independence Collective; Davy D talks with reality rap legend MC Eight about the city of Compton, Gangsta music, and the politricks of the entertainment business.

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.
Folks from the Independence Collective; Davy D talks with reality rap legend MC Eight about the city of Compton, Gangsta music, and the politricks of the entertainment business.
Linda Carson of Roll Back the Rents about proposed evictions in the city of Alameda; Discussing the Black Holocaust with author and scholor Dr. Firpo W. Carr.
Mumia Abu Jamal on U.S. Drug Policy; Cinemayaat: The 8th Annual Arab Film Festival – www.aff.org; Hip Hop artist Trey Hartson.
A discussion about voter empowerment with Willie Ratcliff, publisher of the San Francisco Bayview Newspaper, and Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
Critical Resistance and Christian McBride.
Mumia Abu Jamal: Vietnam Rises Again; Madcat International Womens Film Festival – www.madcatfilmfestival.org; Black Panther Party members Bobby Seal and David Hilliard partner with East Bay Votes to mobilize voter registration.
Zap Mama live in studio.
South African music legend Vusi Mahlasela stops by, Mumia Abu Jamal on Bushisms, and a visit with Youth Radio.
Davey D hosts a discussion with Congresswoman Barbara Lee and local hip hop artists about the upcoming Hip Hop Political Summit in Oakland.
Two Film Festivals: Oakland International Film Festival at the Grand Lake, and Festival Cine Latino in San Francisco; A new book Beat the Heat on how to deal with encounters with law enforcement.