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The rise of krip-hop: with a new compilation album, rappers with disabilities challenge the music industry.(TREND)
IN A SCENE FROM THE 1984 FILM Breakin', a young Chicano drops his crutches and spins, locks and pops in dazzling form with the sole use of his upper body. As this popular dance film shows, people with disabilities have been part of hip-hop's cultural forms since its beginnings. But one scene featuring a hip-hopper with a disability hardly trumps a sea of popular images of able-bodied artists within a hip-hop industry that emphasizes style and physique.
Enter the world of krip-hop, a ripple movement within the ever-widening umbrella of hip-hop.
Branding their music as a unique niche within a hip-hop that has become estranged from its transgressive roots, artists with disabilities are hoping to forge new pathways for visibility within hip-hop culture by forming support networks and independent outlets to create and distribute their music. Earlier this year, poet and activist Leroy F. Moore, Jr. released ...
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...those who practice a kind of audio folk art, the hip-hop D.J. Hip-hop describes a combination of music, language and style...livelihood and his art. [music] CHRIS KILMORE, Hip-Hop D.J.: Hi. My name is Chris Kilmore. I'm 21...
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...restrictions." That entertainment was hip-hop, and 25 years after it took hold...Caz's Bronx neighborhood, the hip-hop craze spread to the rest of America...boying _ and graffiti are icons of hip-hop culture. Those icons and their effect...
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...restrictions." That entertainment was hip-hop, and 25 years after it took hold...Caz's Bronx neighborhood, the hip-hop craze spread to the rest of America...boying _ and graffiti are icons of hip-hop culture. Those icons and their effect...
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...however, the call for dancers who know hip hop has been loud and strong. It's...asked key figures in the jazz and hip hop world. NAN GIORDANO, artistic director...dancers in our company are proficient in hip hop--it's another strength that they...
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