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HHPP Trayvon Martin Statement
Statement of the Hip-Hop Party for the People on Justice for Trayvon Martin
The Hip Hop Party For The People joins the millions of people across the world who are outraged by yet another American miscarriage of justice in light of the horrific racial profiling and gunning down of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.
At this time our prayers are with the Martin family as we call upon everyone to reflect deeply on the meaning of both Trayvon’s murder and the unjust verdict passed by the US courts.
We all are Trayvons! Our young brother Trayvon was a victim of a overall racist society, a deeply ingrained self-hating mentality which devalues black life and criminalizes and demonizes all African-Americans, including its men and boys, and a dysfunctional and broken legal system in which African-American and other oppressed people get no justice. The HHPP calls upon all people to redouble the effort to transform the way we see each other, including how we see our African-American men and boys, while working unitedly to end the cycle of horizontal and vertical violence that plague our community.
Thee HHPP supports the masses in the righteous mass protests launched in over 100 cities across America in light of the acquittal of killer George Zimmerman. However the HHPP does not believe that the power to administer justice ultimately lies with the oppressive system we seek to transform. We can only prevent more Trayvons by taking militant and proactive strategic measures to safeguard the African-American community’s capacity of self-organization, self-determination and self-defense.
Real justice must be sought out from the American people ourselves by a mass internal community revolutionary movement to address the larger framework of a racist state power, and a internal civil war which holds back our community’s social development and impede our unity and ability to effectively resist oppression
In light of recent events, the Hip Hop Party For The People once again call upon the entire community to join us and the African-American youth on Saturday August 17th in making the upcoming Philly Stand Up! Broad St Youth Walk in Philadelphia a grand success and stronghold for positive revolutionary mass expression.
Philly Stand Up! Justice 4 Trayvon! Defend Black Life! Organize the People! Join us this Thursday at our public meeting to discuss current issues,solutions and
For more info on Philly Stand Up!
And other HHPP programs that you can be apart of today
meeting on Thursday July 26 at 7:00pm Peace House Creative Space 1320 N. Taney Street Philadelphia, PA 19121
Chernoh Bah From Sierra Leone. Philadelphia Speaking Tour
In a nod to the importance of Philadelphia to global Black liberation struggle, Brother Chernoh Bah, Chairman of the West African based African Socialist Movement will be making Philly his first stop for his US Speaking Tour. Brother Bah will be in town from June 17th-20thas a guest of the Hip-Hop Party for the People (HHPP) and the local revolutionary movement and will be available to address journalists, progressive groups, community audiences and interact with the African family.
Philadelphia Speaking Engagements:
Monday June 17th 2013
“Official welcome Reception for Brother Chernoh Bah, Chairman of the African Socialist Movement”
7-10pm
The Peace House
1320 N Taney St.
Philadelphia PA, 19121
Hosted by the Hip-Hop Party for the People and the Peace House Creative Space
Free Admission
Tuesday June 18th 2013
“From West Africa to West Philly Thank Tank Featuring Brother Chernoh Bah, Chairman of the African Socilaist Movement”
6-9pm
Sankofa House 906 South 49th St.
Philadelphia PA 19143
Hosted by the Sankofa House
Co-Sponsered by African Socialist Movement USA and the Hip-Hop Party for the People
Free Admission
Wednesday June 19th 2013
“Live Interview with Brother Chernoh Alpha M Bah at Black and Noble Bookstore “The Situation in Africa and the Way Forward”
7pm
Black and Noble Bookstore
1409 W Erie Ave (at Broad St)
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Free Admission
More Info:
From the ASM:
“Chairman of the African Socialist Movement, Chernoh Alpha M. Bah will be coming to the US to address various audiences….He will be reporting on the results of the November 2012 national elections here on Sierra Leone and providing a revolutionary analysis of the current political and social situation of African people in this country. He will also be laying out ASM’s strategy for contending against the neocolonial forces and agents of imperialism as we march forward in our pursuit if seizing actual state power. It is very important that we build the genuine African unity that we theorize about in action NOW!”
Stealing Hip-Hop Back!
Stealing Hip-Hop Back!
Hip-Hop started in the streets and was a gift to many in more ways than one. People found a way to express their frustration and anger by putting it to a beat. The goal was never for profit but instead, started out as a free therapy session. Forced to grow up in a cycle of inequality that you could not break out of and trapped in a system that was designed to fail, music was the outlet and only opportunity for most. Today the same opportunity that was created by the streets is now controlled by the same personalities that forced black people to reside in Ghettos. Forcing young individuals to perpetuate stereotypes in order to break out of poverty and create so-called success in this country.
The most powerful part of Hip-Hop was the freedom to speak on your story and your pain and have the world understand your life/struggle/enjoyment etc. That is not the case today because the secret in today’s music genre is that the artist has to be ignorant in order to make it to the level of success. It is less about talent and more about image. The streets owned Hip-Hop so the only artist that came out was the best at their craft. It was not about your street-cred or how many years you spent in jail. Tupac never went to jail (before fame) and is considered “The Realist” rapper of all time. Today you hear more artists talking about how long they spent in jail or how they represent the streets because they embrace a criminal image. Being “Real” should not reflect being a criminal and killing your own direct or indirectly (drugs). The personalities that took over are creating a world that is becoming dangerous for its residents. They force artists to create a name for themselves by destroying their community. It appears as if an artist won’t get signed unless they sell a drug or spend time in jail.
If the streets take Hip-Hop back you will see a change in these black and brown communities. It will no longer be about creating a name by destroying your neighbor, but rather being more talented than your neighbor. It will represent who can tell their story the best not who can glorify ignorance the best. These personalities took what people worked hard to create and sold it back with stipulations and regulations. They gave life penalties for trying to take it back or speaking out against it. Being a rapper should not mean being a criminal nor should it be the message that you indirectly deliver to future generations. Hip-Hop is never going to go back to the original purpose and that is not what this is about. This is about taking back Hip-Hop and ending the reign of those who have held our communities hostage.
Fresh Spits: Five Part Interview Series ft. Emperess
At RhymeStreet: The New Class Hip Hop event which recently took place on March 9th at Silk City in Philadelphia, The Hip Hop Party for the People (HHPP) had the pleasure of sitting down with some of Philly’s freshest talent for a behind the scenes interview with Ai-Que, Davon, Realysm, Emperess, and Jaye. Each artist took us into their world of music, art and culture. In honor of Women’s History Month we are starting off with Emperess, the city’s youngest verbal assassin as the first in the five part interview series. #VoteHipHop.
Rhymestreet Presents: New Class
By Lissa Alicia for Hip Hop Party For The People
On a chilly winter night, Silk City opened its doors for Rhyme Street Presents: New Class. The event, hosted by Myke Storm, featured five up-and-coming artists from Philadelphia and surrounding areas: Ai-Que, Davon, Realysm, Emperess, and Jaye. As attendes funneled in, they were greeted with what we will call an “opening dance act.” A few ‘super fly’ patrons, who were much older than the usual crowd at the Northern Liberties Venue, we grooving to the nostalgic tracks spun by DJ Benz.
Emperess, the only lady on the bill, has a bubbly personality with some fly kick back rhymes that will have you instantly nodding your head. Hailing from PG County in Maryland, Emperess came to fulfill her dreams as a Hip Hop artist here in Philadelphia.
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Lissa: How would you describe your style?
Emperess: A lot of people ask me that and they freak out about the answer. My style is Musically Bi-Polar. I say that because I don’t have too many barriers. I’ll go from strictly Hip Hop to pop to mainstream or whatever. I’m kind of all over the place.
Lissa: What projects do you have available?
Emperess: I have “Outside The Box”, my very first mixtape that came out. Fairy Tale Word, my first EP that came out. I have a bunch of random singles out. I am working on five other projects.
Lissa: Why do you continue to do music?
Emperess: I love it. I can’t let go of it at all. I was raised around it. I’m literally attached to it. The love is too deep (for me) to let it go.
Lissa: Independent vs. signed
Emperess: Me being on the outside looking in, I see people who have been signed, and there is a lot that is being ripped away from them. Genuine artist are not doing much. The labels are looking at artist to see what they can get for themselves so they don’t have to put that much out there. If I have to do all of this work, by myself in order for someone to recognize me, why not continue to do, and continue to be the original person that I am, as opposed to being molded to what you want me to be? If I get signed its all cool, I just let people know, “Yo!”I got standards!”
Lissa: What is your take on the Philly scene and where do you stand in it?
Emperess: I don’t know if I stand anywhere in it fa’real. I’m really really really new to this scene. From what I have seen, there is a lot of love that goes into it, but there is also a lot of love for this group of people, a lot of love for this group of people. It’s good to see people to make their way up that ladder. It’s a lot of love among artist, from what I see. It could be different to anybody else who has been here for a long time. (For me) for the past year, year and a half, it looks like it is a lot of support amongst artist. There are a lot of fans also. You don’t get that in Baltimore. Usually you go to a show and it is like a crowd full of artist supporting artist. No fans. I see a lot of fans here.
Lissa: March is Women’s History Month, seeing how the time is fitting, what is your opinion on misogyny in Hip Hop?
Emperess: It hasn’t died at all. It is alive and well. Of course we are getting that a lot more because we have (artist) like Nicki (Minaj), who is supposed to be the voice of everybody. But now that gives everybody else the misconception as to what other female artist are doing. That’s what they expect. That’s what they want. Yo! I’m fully dressed. I hate make up. I can actually rhyme (Laughter). The main thing that gets me: all these cliques and crews and stuff are trying to get that one female to be that poster and the “First Lady”. But it is always one image, and one type of sound. It is not much diversity in this at all. I don’t think that it ever has been.
Lissa: What is next for you as an artist?
Emperess: To get all these projects out. Other than that finally sit down and put an album out. Just to keep my name out there. Let people know that there is something else other than what you are seeing in music as far as women in Hip Hop goes. If Hip Hop keeps going at the rate that it is going, slowly but surely it will gain its purity back. Kendrick (Lamar) is holding it right now. Joey Badass is holding it right now. I am so proud of him. If people like that are coming out, then we are looking pretty good for the future.
Lissa: What do you Hope to be next for Philadelphia?
Emperess: There needs to be a really big turnaround. Thing are going downhill fast. There are a bunch of kids everywhere that have nowhere to go with no options. Us, as adults, this is our generation that we have to take care of. We have to take responsibility. They might not be our kids per se’, but they are a part of us. We have to help build them up. You won’t be complaining about how the kids are going crazy, you are part of the responsibility. You are not doing anything to take action.
Lissa: A lot of people have their thoughts about the future of America. Good or bad, what are your thoughts?
Emperess: I have such a vivid imagination. It might not be a zombie apocalypse itself, but it will look like The Walking Dead [Laughs]. If things don’t change, and we don’t get a move on, that’s whats it is going to be. A bunch of us just walking with no purpose at all. As far as education, that’s what is bugging me. It is starting to affect the kids in my family. I don’t want to see people diminishing my family. How they are reacting as far as the school and shutting everything down. Not making anything accessible for the kids to have an outlet. Keep the arts in school. People need an outlet. You keep taking that away, what are you going to do? You are keeping everything in a box.
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