EliEfi

Um Salve para o povo do Chanti Ollin, Mexico City Meu PaisZUMBI DOS PALMARES Estilo Hip Hop: O Documentario...coming soon! Con mis hermanos Chilenos: Red de Hip Hop Activista...hip hop combativo y organizado! Andre RebouçasTeotihuacan, Mexico Mexico City...Aliados Sin Fronteras 10 Year Anniversary ZUMALUMA, Embu das Artes, Brasil...O Verdadeiro Hip Hop em Ação! TREWA: Baranquilla, Colombia...47 Corp representando... Eli Efi & DJ Laylo...La Peña, California
Eli Efi (LF) is a hip hop artist that blends banging beats, politics, and a global perspective. LF is a well-known hip hop pioneer in Brasil hailing from São Paulo. In 1988, he founded the politically charged rap group DMN and went on to record five albums receiving praise from the hip hop community and music industry alike. The group was nominated for best video and best rap group at the MTV Brazil Video Music Awards, best rap song of the year at the Hutus Hip Hop Awards Festival, and won best music video at the São Paulo Shorts Film Festival. In 2004, he left DMN and now continues his musical career alongside DJ Laylo. Laylo hails from the South Bronx by way of the Dominican Republic. Together, they bring hip hop back to a place where MCs rocked alongside DJs to move the crowd but with an international flavor with LF rhyming in Portuguese and Laylo always finding a way to blend some Samba or Salsa into the brew. They have performed throughout the United States, Brasil, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile and have shared the stage with U.S. Based artists such as Styles P, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Jean Grae, Jeru da Damaja, Immortal Technique, Ras Kass, Lord Finesse, CL Smooth, Welfare Poets, Hurricane G, David Banner, among many others.
Community Workshop ABEVIC: Jardim Robru, São Paulo, Brasil
A firm believer that jumping on stage and grabbing a mic isn't enough, LF has worked in numerous community based and political projects. He is a member of Abevic, a neighborhood association that uses hip hop culture to work with young people to promote radical change, critical thinking, and cooperative work. They also offer alphabetization classes to adults and elders. Most recently, he was an educator for a series of arts and political education workshops sponsored by Zulu Nation Brasil in São Paulo.
Eli Efi & Mano Brown at Community Workshop...Abevic, São Paulo
As lead vocalist for DMN, LF became well-known and respected for his hard-line stance against racism, poverty, and injustice. His work has garnished him invitations to different Brazilian states and the U.S. from activists and events producers. During his visits to the U.S., he has performed at many different venues including Propsect Park Bandshell, SOBs, Europa Palace Concert Hall, B.B Kings, Lincoln Center, Rikers Island youth detention facility, among others. Similarly, he has been invited to lecture and facilitate workshops at a number of universities and organizations including: the Open Society Institute Foundation, Sista II Sista, TRUCE, Indiana University, University of Kentucky, Swarthmore, and many others.
Eli Efi and DJ Laylo are currently working on their upcoming album which will feature U.S. and Latin American based artists.
Eli Efi (LF) back in the day...circa 1994...na revista RAÇA
Sou uma pessoa que tem se dedicado em lutar por libertação e justiça através do hip hop, que tive o privilégio de conhece-lo na decada de 80 como forma de resistencia. A identificação foi imediata porque naquele momento eu estava buscando algo que realmente pudesse me dar força para mostrar que não aceitava viver sobre uma pressão esmagadora desse sistema perverso que assombra os países mais pobres, para garantir o luxo dos países mais ricos, mesmo camuflando o terceiro mundo que existe dentro deles. Então tudo que aprendi foi através da motivação que esse real movimento me deu. Sou a favor de quem não quer aceitar o mundo da forma que ele esta sendo tratado e administrado. Quem pensa da mesma forma é meu parceiro(a). LF
Homenagem ao James Brown...o que seria do hip hop sem esse homem?
New York Hip Hop Dance Conference
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African Underground Allstars at Celebrate Brooklyn-Prospect Park 2006