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What's hip-hop's connection to punk? What's punk connection to Basquiat? How did "New York Beat" shape Fab 5 Freddy? What role did black women play in the development and creation of the NYC 1980s visual/musical/cultural arts scene? These questions and more will be answered, and the very least asked, at the screening and discussion of "Downtown 81." Dj lynnee denise, Greg Tate, Desiree Mwalimu, Mikel Banks and Tiziana Rinaldi will help contextualize the characters and musical movements that…See More

What's hip-hop's connection to punk? What's punk connection to Basquiat? How did "New York Beat" shape Fab 5 Freddy? What role did black women play in the development and creation of the NYC 1980s visual/musical/cultural arts scene? These questions and more will be answered, and the very least asked, at the screening and discussion of "Downtown 81." Dj lynnee denise, Greg Tate, Desiree Mwalimu, Mikel Banks and Tiziana Rinaldi will help contextualize the characters and musical movements that…See More

What's hip-hop's connection to punk? What's punk connection to Basquiat? How did "New York Beat" shape Fab 5 Freddy? What role did black women play in the development and creation of the NYC 1980s visual/musical/cultural arts scene? These questions and more will be answered, and the very least asked, at the screening and discussion of "Downtown 81." Dj lynnee denise, Greg Tate, Desiree Mwalimu, Mikel Banks and Tiziana Rinaldi will help contextualize the characters and musical movements that…See More

Slum Beautiful--The definitive phrase for the funky nastiness, the tragedy and resilience, and the dynamite soul that marks our experiences in the American ghetto --innovation out of hardship. Slum Beautiful is the bullets of soul that bled from our concrete stoops into rhythmic rivers of grit and grace to become the very baseline of American music. It's the sound that explodes from our anguish, too large to contain within the brick walls of the typical black American city. Slum Beautiful gets…See More

Slum Beautiful--The definitive phrase for the funky nastiness, the tragedy and resilience, and the dynamite soul that marks our experiences in the American ghetto --innovation out of hardship. Slum Beautiful is the bullets of soul that bled from our concrete stoops into rhythmic rivers of grit and grace to become the very baseline of American music. It's the sound that explodes from our anguish, too large to contain within the brick walls of the typical black American city. Slum Beautiful gets…See More