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.
Highlights from a town hall meeting exploring Hip Hop activism at last month’s National Hip Hop Political Convention; Anita Johnson speaks with visual artist Adenji Wabele; Mystic Sufi Dimba discusses West African spiritual practice.
An inter-generational dialogue exploring the positive and negetive images in Hip Hop, from our coverage of the National Hip Hop Political Convention last month; Mumia Abu Jamal: A Rich Man’s War; Iranian visual artist Ala Ebtekar – www.torandj.com – about his exhibit titled "Elemental" at The Intersection for the Arts.
Mumia Abu Jamal on the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the illusion of democracy; Continuing our coverage of the National Hip Hop Political Convention: Davey D speaks with Former Black Panther member Khaled Samad about gang reconsiliation and the Panthers; Weyland speeks with Bay Area artist musician Kofy Brown about her new music and new … Continued
Bushmama Productions present Oakland’s 2nd Annual Hip Hop Film Festival at the Box Theater – www.oaklandbox.com. Also Tony Coleman and Rudy Corpis from Mind’s Eye Collective and United Players on the recent National Hip Hop Political Convention.
More coverage of National Hip Hop Political Convention: The much anticipated gang reconsiliation panel discussion.
From the National Hip Hop Political Convention, an excerpt from a town hall panel discussion on arts and culture, featuring Ron Daniels, director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Ernie Penacoli, Native American elder and hip hop historian and photographer. Also, an encore presentation of an interview with Olu Dara, in conversation with Weyland … Continued
Davey D talks with Hip Hop CEO’s and journalists About the entrepreneurial spirit of Hip Hoppers, the entertainment biz, and the maturing of the Hip Hop generation.
Continuing Hard Knock’s coverage of the National Hip Hop Political Convention – National Hip Hop Political Convention: Deputy Mayor of New Jersey Ras Baraka on the political mobilization of the Hip Hop generation; Dead Prez on their new album, the relevence of voting, and Hip Hop activism.
Continuing Hard Knock’s coverage of the National Hip Hop Political Convention – National Hip Hop Political Convention: Hip Hop and spirituality; Davey D speaks with Michael Eric Dyson. Also a visit with Youth Speaks.
The 4th Annual Farce of July Freedom Mix.
