Member Since: 1/10/2006
Band Members: --------SAADIQ - the creator and original host of Concrete Skoolyard, a national Hip Hop radio show and youth advocacy collective that began in 2006 in Austin, Texas. A Hip Hop political blogger and a DJ selecta of the hottest independent acts and singles....His plan was to use a Hip Hop politics radio show as a platform to create a network of youth activists and youth advocates to encourage and inform the Hip Hop youth to take positive control of their lives, their communities and the Hip Hop culture. Publisher/Managing Editor of the Concrete Skoolyard web magazine launching in summer 2008.----------El Presidente - 18 year old freelance journalist based in San Francisco, CA. Starting while still a high school student; he has produced radio reports on social justice issues and their effect on the "Hip Hop Generation" for the Hip Hop politics radio show Concrete Skoolyard, a national forum for Hip Hop youth activism......a fan, MC and a slam poet (he competed in the 12th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam in S.F.) he also recently participated in the 2008 West Coast Youth Journalism Conference at UCLA, making sure that the Hip Hop perspective was represented and discussed respectfully. He will be a regular feature writer on social justice issues and Editor-in-Chief of youth content for the Concrete Skoolyard web magazine launching in Summer 2008.
Influences: "Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us.." NAS"Leave it up to me while I be living proofTo kick the truth to the young black youth"- Inspectah Deck...
"Heed the words; its like ghetto style proverbs The righteous pay a sacrifice to get what they deserve"-Guru....
R.I.P. TO MR. ROGERS SHOWIN LOVE BEFORE HIP HOP WAS TRENDY!
HIP HOP DON'T STOP! EVEN IN DIAPERS...
1 YEAR LATER...AND IT DON'T STOP, AND IT WON'T STOP, CAUSE IT CAN'T...
THE FOUNDATION...KNOW YOUR HISTORY SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING...
Sounds Like:The Rebirth of Hip Hop Culture...1975 meets WildStyle meets Style Wars meets the Future...
Type of Label: Indie