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Queen Latifah - "Latifah's Had It Up 2 Here" | The Kennedy Center
Queen Latifah performs her hit "Latifah's Had It Up 2 Here" at the Kennedy Center! Queen Latifah has had an unforgettable influence on music and after beginning her career with her 1989 debut All Hail the Queen, has received four Grammy nominations and a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance in 1994 for her hit U.N.I.T.Y. Her uplifting lyrics address themes including race, sexism, and domestic violence. She is the first artist of the genre to be graced with with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Golden Globe winning star is a musician, actress, author and entrepreneur. Part of the Bridge Concert Series Filmed live in the Concert Hall on April 14, 2019 Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #queenlatifah #kencenhiphop #blackculturematters #digitalstage
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Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push | LIVE at The Kennedy Center
The Chicago-born, Grammy Award®–winning rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and community advocate makes his Kennedy Center debut. Presented by the Hip Hop Culture Program at The Kennedy Center Filmed live on November 14, 2019 Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #lupefiasco #kickpush #kencenhiphop
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Lupe Fiasco - Superstar | LIVE at The Kennedy Center
The Chicago-born, Grammy Award®–winning rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and community advocate makes his Kennedy Center debut. Presented by the Hip Hop Culture Program at The Kennedy Center Filmed live on November 14, 2019 Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #lupefiasco #superstar #kencenhiphop
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Kendrick Lamar - "These Walls" w/ the National Symphony Orchestra | The Kennedy Center
On October 20, 2015, Kendrick Lamar and the NSO Pops delivered a one-night-only performance at The Kennedy Center featuring some of Lamar's biggest hits and cuts from his lyrical masterpiece “To Pimp a Butterfly." Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #kendricklamar #nsopops #digitalstage
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Arrested Development - "People Everyday" | The Kennedy Center
Arrested Development performs their hit "People Everyday" LIVE at The Kennedy Center on Millennium Stage. The Millennium Stage is a FREE performance series presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It features a broad spectrum of national and international performing arts companies, from dance and jazz, to chamber music and folk, comedy, storytelling and theater, every day of the year. Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #blackculturematters #arresteddevelopment #hiphop
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Talib Kweli - "Just to Get By" | LIVE at The Kennedy Center (2014)
This concert, presented in cooperation with Georgetown University as part of their Faith, Culture, and the Common Good initiative, features artists of diverse faiths—MCs Talib Kweli, Jin, Poetic Pilgrimage, AmKoullel, The Narcicyst, and Mandeep Sethi and DJ Boo—in a performance showcasing interreligious diversity and tolerance through the hip-hop lens. The Millennium Stage is a FREE performance series and part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It features a broad spectrum of national and international performing arts companies, from dance and jazz, to chamber music and folk, comedy, storytelling and theater, every day of the year. Performances always begin at 6pm. You can join us in person or visit us online at http://www.kennedy-center.org/millennium/ There, we broadcast each night's performances LIVE as well as make over 2,500 past performances available in our video archives. Watch the full performance here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M5772 For more information about Talib Kweli, please visit: http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=109441&source_type=B
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De La Soul | The Return of DST
In 1987, a trio known as De La Soul formed from Long Island, NY roots and changed the landscape of Hip Hop as we knew it. Now, for over 20 years they have rocked us with their De La songs full of inscrutable samplings, whimsically irreverent lyrics, social commentary, light rhythm and laid back rhymes. They have gained respect within and outside the hip hop community with their contributions to rap, as well as jazz, funk, soul and alternative genres. Not only are their musical innovations acclaimed and respected worldwide, but they paved a path for many alternative rap groups to come after them. Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #KenCenHipHop #DeLaSoul #KenCenREACH
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ill Camille - Fight On feat. Damani Nkosi | LIVE at The Kennedy Center
Rapper ill Camille performs with Damani Nkosi during The Kennedy Center's REACH Opening Festival, September 14, 2019. ill Camille is a native Los Angeles-based MC and writer who also represents Inland Empire. Straying away from the hip-hop zeitgeist, her transparency, cleverly constructed rhyme style, rhythm, and choice of subject matter have earned her the love and respect from both underground and mainstream worlds alike. She's worked alongside Patrice Rushen, Moby, Gabriel-Garzon Montano, Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Terrace Martin, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and frequent collaborator, Damani Nkosi. Her 2017 full-length release, Heirloom was named one of the "most important albums" that year by NPR, and was later performed on NPR's Tiny Desk televised concert series as well as Issa Rae's award winning television pilot, "Insecure" on HBO. Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb
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J. PERIOD - "Walk On" featuring Pharoahe Monch & Mumu Fresh | The Kennedy Center
J. PERIOD performs "Walk On" at the Kennedy Center with Pharoahe Monch & Mumu Fresh. Lyrics by Pharoahe Monch & Mumu Fresh Music by J. PERIOD, Rance Dopson with elements of Isaac Hayes' "Walk On By" J.PERIOD presents The Live Mixtape [RISE UP Edition], a groundbreaking concert event that explores the relationship between arts and activism through the vibrant language of Hip Hop featuring some of Hip Hop's finest. Filmed live at the Kennedy Center on May 23, 2018. Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #jperiod #mumufresh #blackculturematters #pharoahemonche
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MC Lyte - Poor Georgie | LIVE at The Kennedy Center
Grammy-nominated emcee MC Lyte performs her hit "Poor Georgie" LIVE at The Kennedy Center. With a distinctive voice, demonstrated lyricism, and an unapologetic stance, MC Lyte has served as one of the preeminent voices for women in Hip-Hop. With over 3 decades in the industry, she has had a host of impressive firsts. She was the first rap artist to perform at Carnegie Hall and the first female emcee to perform at the White House, the first solo female emcee to be nominated for a Grammy Award and the first female emcee to receive a gold single. Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #kencenhiphop #mclyte #lyteasarock #poorgeorgie
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Mumu Fresh - I Got A Feeling | LIVE at The Kennedy Center
Mumu Fresh performs "I Got A Feeling" LIVE at The Kennedy Center. Baltimore born and D.C. raised, Maimouna Youssef (AKA "Mumu Fresh") is a global citizen, a musical healer, a cultural philanthropist, and a community pillar. She has shared stages with Sting, Nas, Common, Lauryn Hill, Ed Sheeran, Jill Scott, Bruno Mars, and more. Pat of the Bridge Concert Series. Filmed live on October 13, 2018. Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb #mumufresh #kencenhiphop #igotafeeling
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Black Noise - Bboy Highlights
The oldest active hip-hop crew in South Africa, Cape Town's Black Noise is credited as a pioneer of the "conscious" hip-hop movement of the late '80s and early '90s. Part of One Mic: Hip-Hop Culture Worldwide. The Millennium Stage is a FREE performance series and part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It features a broad spectrum of national and international performing arts companies, from dance and jazz, to chamber music and folk, comedy, storytelling and theater, every day of the year. Performances always begin at 6pm. You can join us in person or visit us online at http://www.kennedy-center.org/millennium/ There, we broadcast each night's performances LIVE as well as make over 2,500 past performances available in our video archives. For more information about Black Noise, please visit http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=106631&source_type=B
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