I'm apart of this event on Friday July 17, 2009
It's Hosted By the Uhuru Movement
Here's what my sister in movement Raheal has to say about the event:
THE UHURU MOVEMENT PRESENTS...FREE DA MIC... Where we spit for freedom! FREE DA MIC is an Uhuru Movement organized event that provides people with an opportunity - through art - to speak out against oppression in the African and other communities while also providing a forum where we can begin to organize for freedom.
This art can be reflected through song, dance, spoken word, hip hop, R&B, reggae or pretty much any preferred vehicle which allows a message to reach the people while showcasing talented artists who unite with the focus to take back what is rightfully ours through education and organization of the community.
Africans have lost control over everything in our lives including our music and musical creation. Uncle Tom music creators who own record companies control every aspect of our music ensuring that what we hear keeps us oppressed and distracted from our real problems. None of the money made from records sold that are the creations of our people comes back to benefit our communities, instead the money made is helping to build prisons, military complexes and other institutions of oppression.
What makes FREE DA MIC so different from other venues, especially those offering open mic/spoken word type atmospheres is that we understand clearly that white power uses our musical forms as part of the counterinsurgency against African and other oppressed peoples and it is our job to counteract this counterinsurgency by enlightening and further educating the people on a political level. We demand community control of everything from the police to the microphone. Our music must be brought entirely under our own control and used as a tool of organization for the total liberation of Africans and all oppressed people.
We are holding our first Free. Da Mic session on July 17th 2009 @ ANITAFRIKA DUB THEATRE (62 Fraser Avenue in the Dufferin & King area) from 7pm until midnight. We are calling out all artists who would like to Xpress themselves at our event! All forms of Xpression welcome!
Cost at the door: $5. Doors open promptly at 7pm.
***FOOD will be available at this event***
Please contact Raheal @ 416-320-1664 or Chakanda @ 647-210-2381 or email chair.reparations@gmail.com for further information!
Come and hear some of Toronto's exclusive artists!
Artist Line up has been set to include:
Caprice Understood
The Real Voyce
Wasun
Unknown Prophet
Prophet-Z
Spin V
Aisha spoetry
Price Daboss
Sika Avenue
John Blacks
Aisha Spoetry Erkss
P-Air Randy
David Delisca
Faisal
and many many many more....
If you haven't signed up for the line up this is your time! Get in touch! This is definitely gonna be a night to remember....
*HOSTED BY:*~ DJ DON JUAN FROM NOCTURNAL ENTERTAINMENT WHO WILL BE MIXING THE LATEST & BEST IN OL' SKOOL, HIP HOP, R&B, REGGAE AND SOCA.
Uhuru!
Raheal Rayza
Taking a Look into The Universe of Caprice Understood; her Music, Her Circle Her Lifestyle
