Member Since: 1/29/2007
Band Website: Afrispora.com
Band Members:Afrispora Worldwide, LLC -- proudly presents Afrispora Entertainment!
Company slogan: "CONNECTING THOSE WHO NEED TO BE CONNECTED!"Stay connected & Support THE ARTISTS HERE, ON THEIR PAGES AND AT AFRISPORA.COM 310-302-7577 (in the U.S.)
CURRENT NETWORK CONSISTS OF:
Don Dada [Founder/Main 'Organizer' of Afrispora - World and African 'History' professor, 'Urban Planner' in training, avid tennis player (& some hoops but no more hops), Acid Jazz, Electronica, Soulful House aficionado and Hip Hop head for life...]
Mprvs [Outstanding musician, musical artist and youth organizer and mentor at home (Los Angeles) and abroad (South Africa)]
THE INNER CIRCLE OF ARTISTS:
MUSIC:
Brother Dvooa (superdope wordsmith and accomplished dancer/bboy from the 909 to beyond) ~
School of Thought (High Hopes, Living Legacy & LD4) (a trio with no equal, for the committed hip hop heads to the cat on the block) ~
Dibia$e (he also produced tracks as Diabolic not long ago) (producer extraordinaire & MC not to be slept on from Watts) ~
Jimetta Rose (sensual soultress from LA...with an ear and style beyond her years) ~
Tenn of Hollatainment Records (lyricist from New Jersey...bringing that swagger of the streets, beats and the ability to defeat all rivals) ~
Wanlov (truly skilled MC, griot and community leader by way of Ghana) ~
Triune (phat street disciple spreading real talk to the masses) ~
Open Mike Eagle (lyricist in the purist form, community leader & much more from Chicago) ~
Herbal Influence (a motley crew of dope musicians and lyricist that represent their name well...a spaceship of sounds well-worth riding) ~
Lady DJ (a Watts-born MC that has developed a flow like no others that is full of the knowledge of the ancestors) ~
Hardware (a brotha out of the OC spittin that realness that's only in one's spirit) ~
AFFILIATED ARTISTS
The Othas , Ras G , The Magnificent Ruffians, Thirsty Fish (Open Mike's group), Footsoldiers (Triune's group), Artistic Expression , Trek Life , Pusher Price (Diabi$e and Hardware's group), The Beat Cypher Collective , Leeclaybang ~
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DANCE:
UN-titled Dance Company (this troupe has their feet on the pulses of the universe!) ~
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VISUAL ARTS:
Marlon J. (skilled organic and professionally trained artist in the widest sense of the term...I do not know what skill he has not cultivated) ~
Bomani W. (multi-talented photographer & desktop publisher/marketing partner) ~
Imani H. (talented photographer with an eye that appreciates the essence of life he 'captures') ~
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Nabila L. (exceptionally gifted filmmaker on the rise to international prominence and who can also 'sang'!) ~
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POETRY / SPOKEN WORD:
A Mic and Dim Lights Alumni (one of Brother Dvooa and many others starting points) They host an event showcasing up and coming as well as 'arrived'/signed poets (like Besskepp, Tamara Blue & Kat) and rhymesmiths, never a waste of time every Thursday in Downtown Pomona for over 6 years... ~
Besskepp , (nice poet and humble person, so you know he keeps it frank and on point with a hip hop sensibility) @ A Mic and Dim Lights, a weekly poetry event in Pomona, CA) ~
Tamara Blue , (longtime seeker of knowledge and presenter of key facts in any format, she is one of the most 'evolved' and well-spoken poets you can vibe off of...) ~
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WRITTEN / PUBLISHED WORD:
7 STEPS TOWARD BLACK REEMERGENCE: A Father Writes to His Daughter on the Regaining of Lost Power , by E. Jerome Johnson (Southsphere 2006) (a timely and timeless work from a father to his daughter to the world!) ~
...!!!NETWORKED RADIO:
Check out the Unofficial Official Radio Show of AFRISPORA--
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(Weekly radio show w/ Aaron Byrd, early Fridays 12am-3am on 89.9 KCRW in Santa Monica, California ~
OX4 Radio - Oxford (United Kingdom) Community Radio (Daily radio out of Oxford, UK) -- Dope radio... ~
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THE NETWORK (a preferred guestlist of networked venues and artist's performances)!!! ~ Send an email to [email protected]
~~ Afrispora Entertainment comes out of a partnership between Afrispora Worldwide, LLC; the 4Real H.O.P. Institute; the Pan-African Activist Alliance (PAAA) and others ~~ !!!
~ AFRISPORA as a business network/web...a key component of my large-scale, long-term vision and plans is the promotion of artistically 'diverse', effectively unique and most of all meaningful events and artists that embody the MEANINGFULNESS that many people want in life but never try to seek...let your QUEST with AFRISPORA begin...with us WORD IS BOND and the Music is Dope!
Influences: ...only that which comes from the soul...
Sounds Like: what you may 'need' as therapy?!
Support 4Real H.O.P. ...music for the masses...
Record Label: BUY THIS MUSIC / AFRISPORA.NET (SPRING 2008)
Type of Label: None