This podcast focuses on the importance of Hip Hop as a genre, cultural movement, and for activism.
Hello all,
Welcome to the Tracks 4 D Day podcast, episode 3. This episode will discuss the importance of Hip Hop. Noting the birthday of Hip Hop, August 11, this episode takes a personal look at the genre and explores how the genre has influenced culture and activism.
Track 4 D Day
Dead Prez, Hip Hop, Lets Get Free, 2000.
Let’s Get Free full album playlist can be found at,
Bonus Track 4 D Day
Dead Prez, I’m A African, Let’s Get Free, 2000.
A nice, easy-to-read, short history of Hip Hop can be found at Hot New Hip Hop, Why August 11 Is Considered Hip-Hop’s Birthday?https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/682446-august-11-hip-hop-explained
Some facts to keep in mind.
“On August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell, threw the famous “back to school jam” block party on 1520 Sedgwick Ave” (Hot New Hip Hop 2021).
“During an interview with Nardwuar, Universal Zulu Nation leader Afrika Bambaataa argued that the birthday of hip-hop was Nov. 12, 1974. “When we decided to call this whole culture hip-hop. Hip-hop even goes further than that, but we decided to name it hip-hop as a culture, meaning with the b-boys, the b-girls, the MCs, the aerosol writers, graffiti writers and the DJs and that fifth element that holds it all together. That’s the date that I decided we should name this as a whole culture and start moving from there,” Bambaataa stated” (Hot New Hip Hop 2021).
“August 11, 1973 became an official holiday for hip-hop back in 2021. The senate chambers made history by unanimously voting to officially designate the day as Hip-Hop’s Celebration Day. “By unanimous consent, the Senate passed S.Res.331,” the United States Senate Periodical Press Gallery confirmed via Twitter. The Senate elaborated further on the topic, saying that it is “a resolution designating August 11, 2021, as ‘Hip Hop Celebration Day,’ designating August 2021 as ‘’Hip Hop Recognition Month’, and designating November 2021 as ‘Hip Hop History Month’” (Hot New Hip Hop 2021).
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