{"id":1158,"date":"2007-01-29T09:41:19","date_gmt":"2007-01-29T17:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2007-01-29T10:31:50","modified_gmt":"2007-01-29T18:31:50","slug":"hip-hop-beyond-beats-and-rhymes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2007\/01\/29\/hip-hop-beyond-beats-and-rhymes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"graphics\/listen.gif\"\/> <ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/64.27.9.54\/archive\/index.php?l=8&p=Uprising_Daily_Edition\/2\/2007_01_29_hiphop.MP3&m=1\">Listen to  this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul>| <a href=\"http:\/\/64.27.9.54\/archive\/index.php?l=8&#038;p=Uprising_Daily_Edition\/2\/2007_01_29_uprising.MP3&#038;m=1\">  the entire program<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/arts\/images\/pics\/Beats1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><em>GUESTS: Byron Hurt, film maker, Dr. Cathy Cohen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Principal Investigator of the Black Youth Project <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Byron Hurt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new documentary \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will premiere tomorrow in Los Angeles. Hurt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s documentary explores the conceptualizations of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in rap music and Hip-Hop culture. A self-proclaimed Hip-Hop head and anti-sexist activist, Byron Hurt attempts to create dialogue through the film on the misogyny present in mainstream Hip-Hop. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Beyond Beats and Rhymes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d features in-depth interviews with Hip-Hop historians, scholars and male rappers such as Chuck D, Talib Kweli, and Mos Def. Gail Dines, an Associate Professor of Sociology and Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Studies at Wheelock College said that Byron Hurt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s film \u00e2\u20ac\u0153both honors rap for its courage, as well as holding the producers and creators responsible for disseminating what are often degrading messages.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is scheduled to air on PBS next month and Tuesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Los Angeles premiere will feature a post-screening panel discussion featuring among others, Black Thought of the Roots, Talib Kweli, and Byron Hurt. <\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Premiere of Hip Hop: Beyond Beats &#038; Rhymes will take place Tuesday, January 30th at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Blvd (@ San Vicente )<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free. Reservations are required before Monday, January 29th at noon at lareservations@yahoo.com<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Byron Hurt&#8217;s documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itvs.org\/outreach\/hiphop\/\">www.itvs.org\/outreach\/hiphop\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| the entire program GUESTS: Byron Hurt, film maker, Dr. Cathy Cohen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Principal Investigator of the Black Youth Project Byron Hurt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new documentary \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will premiere tomorrow in Los Angeles. Hurt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s documentary explores the conceptualizations of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}