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FREE THE P! Palestine Takes NYC's East Village by Storm
Remi Kanazi, The Electronic Intifada, 17 October 2005
As I walk down the darkened staircase into a muggy basement in this lower eastside dive bar, a scruffily bearded supporter smiles and waves a four-foot wide Palestinian flag. The chatter begins as the room fills with anxious people awaiting the show. The young crowd came out to support Free the P, the new CD compilation of "hip-hop and spoken word, dedicated to the youth of Palestine." The proceeds will go to Slingshot Hip-hop, "a documentary film that focuses on the daily life of Palestinian rappers living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel." Within moments, our hostess, Arab-American comedienne Maysoon Zayid, takes the ground level, makeshift stage and gets the crowd going with her dry, political humor.
Shortly afterward, La Bruja hops on the mike, entertaining the crowd with her multitalented combination of poetry, song, rap and Reggaeton. This Bronx born artist's songs are infused with a mix of politics, humor, and raunchy jokes. Appreciative of La Brjua's performance, DJ Kuttin Kandi grins and spins in the background.
Next is Akil Dassan, a half-black, half-Jewish, freestyling rapper, singer, and guitarist. Sweat rolls down his face while he converses on the heat and the ghetto nature of the basement. Packed into the space, 200 spirited fans groove to his guitar rhythms and words of unity and justice. Dassan finishes his segment by verbally serenading his Filipino love in her native tongue.
Read More With Photos And Audio Downloads:
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4250.shtml
Shortly afterward, La Bruja hops on the mike, entertaining the crowd with her multitalented combination of poetry, song, rap and Reggaeton. This Bronx born artist's songs are infused with a mix of politics, humor, and raunchy jokes. Appreciative of La Brjua's performance, DJ Kuttin Kandi grins and spins in the background.
Next is Akil Dassan, a half-black, half-Jewish, freestyling rapper, singer, and guitarist. Sweat rolls down his face while he converses on the heat and the ghetto nature of the basement. Packed into the space, 200 spirited fans groove to his guitar rhythms and words of unity and justice. Dassan finishes his segment by verbally serenading his Filipino love in her native tongue.
Read More With Photos And Audio Downloads:
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4250.shtml
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They should have suicide-bombed themselves at the end of the show, as a showing of solidarity with the islamic terrorist groups that make peace impossible.
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