East of Havana is a blunt, unflinching close-up on the lives of these young rappers compelled to address their generation’s future from the confines of a Cuban ghetto. Soandry, Magyori, and Mikki are the defacto leaders of Cuba’s rebellious underground hip hop movement.
In America, Hip-Hop like other musical formats is very much a commercial product not necessarily known for being a potent political player. The music is generally aligned with leftist politics and defines itself as being generally opposed to authority. However the Hip-Hop Industries’ push to elect Barak Obama to be President has all but made the music a staple of “Democrat get out the vote drives”.
I'm going to watch this.
American rap star Diddy says he believes British hip-hop artists are "on the verge of breaking" the US.
Is that imagine?
Look this:
http://viewheadlines.com/News/Article.aspx?i=9129&t=Diddy-backs-UK-hip-hop-invasion
Posted by: Marja | June 11, 2010 at 06:39 PM