THE BEGINNING: The story of Cesar Estrada Chavez begins near Yuma, Arizona. Cesar was born on March 31, 1927. He was named after his grandfather, Cesario. Regrettably, the story of Cesar Estrada Chavez also ends near Yuma, Arizona. He passed… Read More ›
Day: July 25, 2010
“Tea Party types are racist. End of story.”
April 18, 2010 – The day before this Neo-Nazi rally directed toward Brown folks in LA took place, I put out a call to the so-called ‘Non-racist’ Tea Party people who have insisted they are not racist. I pointed out… Read More ›
Covanta & Modesto’s Corporate Earth Day
On “Earth Day” 2009 (April 18th) members of Green Action and the Grayson Neighborhood Council and several more local citizens confronted the company Covanta at its booth at Modesto’s Earth Day event at Graceda Park (see the video at http://youtube.com/RHHRorg)…. Read More ›
Hip Hop in the Central Valley & Elsewhere (Jan/Feb 2010)
DJ Muggs (of the world-renowned group Cypress Hill) spun along-side DJ Rocky Rock for a night of good times on Friday, January 8th at Audie’s Olympic in Fresno. More info at http://myspace.com/djmuggs, & http://myspace.com/rockyrock The Grouch (1/8th of the group Living… Read More ›
RHHR’s Favorite Hip-Hop “Rolas”: Staff Picks II
Big Writ Moses: Immortal Technique – The 3rd World “I’m from where they too pussy to come film Survivor, and they murder Coca-Cola union organizers, I’m from where the justice system esta podrido, fuck government, niggaz politic over perico, rebelde… Read More ›
Testament & Illogik are…Test Their Logik
RHHR: Tell us about yourselves. Testament: What’s good yo, I’m Testament coming to you from London (between Detroit and Toronto), Ontario Illogik: Wusup y’all, Illogik from T-Dot Canada, Toronto. T: And together we’re Test Their Logik I: Part of the… Read More ›
The Outspoken Wordsmiths (An Interview)
RHHR: When did you guys start rhyming and beat-boxing? Blank Space: I was listening to rap music that I felt I wanted to hear some other things be said in the lyrics and so I started writing and then the… Read More ›
BOOK REVIEW: HOLLER IF YOU HEAR ME
Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur is another great piece to add to the Hip-Hop library by one the culture’s best dissectors, University of Pennsylvania professor, Michael Eric Dyson. It has been almost 14 years since Tupac… Read More ›
R.I.P. Howard Zinn
“R.I.P. Howard Zinn. The People will continue to make history” –Talib Kweli HOWARD ZINN, an activist and author for half a century and probably the best-known voice of the U.S. left, died January 27 at the age of 87. Howard… Read More ›
APEX: Staying True to Life
Give us an intro…who’s Apex? What’s True2Life? Who is “Apex”…Let’s see, Apex–is a product of the Hip Hop Culture. A student of the elements, (Break-dancing, DJing, Tagging, Emceeing, and Culture Knowledge) Apex strives to embody his music with mainstream appeal… Read More ›