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Kevlexicon – Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape – Median Income Edition

2017-08-18
By: kevlexicon
On: August 18, 2017
In: Audio, Documentary, Music Video, Uncategorized, VLOG
Tagged: #EconKKKlan, #EconRelevance, #NjHipHop, Adult Shit, Album Review, American History, amerikkka, apartheid hoods, atomization, Audio Kusini, Bank Bailout, Banks, barbies, basikkk, BJJ, black lives matter, black panthers, Block Muzik, Bofa, Bosco Baya, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, bufferkkklass, Class War, colonialism, Coma, Davos, Demographics, Demography, depression, depressionfuel, East Africa, econkkklan, Economic Apartheid, Economic History, Economic Inequality, Economic Relevance, Ekori Turkana, Fed Myths, federal reserve, Field Hands, film theory, Flowers, Goldman Sachs, Hbo, Hip hop documentary, Hip Hop Kambi, Hole ( You're Just Poor ), Ivy Bratz, jacobin, Jamaica, Janet Yellen, jeezy, John Oliver, Kahawa Wendani, Kampala, Kenyan Hip Hop, Kevlexicon, kkkapital, kkkolonialism, Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape Median Income Edition, Lay Low, mababis, Manville, Mark Hunt, mau mau, median household income, Mixtape, MMA, mohjay, mohteachin, Mombasa, Motherjones.com, Nairobi, New Jersey, NJ Hip Hop, occupy wall street, plantation, Plantation Economic System, PlantationOwners, poors, Pope Quiet Tha Loudmouth, Poverty, Princeton, Qama, Rail Deaths, Rational Markets, rich, segregation, shadows, Slaveowners, Stefan Moessle, Suicide, Tanzania, The Economist, Trust Fund, UFC, Uganda, ukoo flani mau mau, vice news, village, Village Hip Hop, villager, Washamba Wenza, West indies

Kevlexicon – Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape – Median Income Edition Published on November 12, 2016   Video Playlist for Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape & Documentary ( and vimeo ) Download Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape – Median Income Edition on Bandcamp.     Read more about Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape – Median Income Edition.   Preview the digital booklet.   Download the digital booklet as a .pdf on Dropbox.   Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape – Median Income Edition is the definitive version of the Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape.   We know “ukabila ni ujinga”; there are two klans, the global elite minority “barbie” / “Klanhattan” economic klan and the village poors. A two-year effort from the struggle heart of the village, Median Income Edition includes new collabos with Mohjay, Pope Quiet Tha Loudmouth, Bosco Baya, Ekori Turkana, and Qama. Featuring “MohTeachins” from Mohjay, and new mixes produced by Block, Mohjay, Pope Quiet Tha Loudmouth, and Kevlexicon. This tape bounces from the respective KlanVillages across continents. We are supporting a federation of the dispossessed, united in our struggle for economic rights and justice in the face of generational poverty and institutionalized economic exclusion. By engaging openly and actively with reality, we generate our potential. “When we unite, weRead More →

Kazi Kwa Washamba – Hip Hop & Hustling In East Africa

2017-08-16
By: kevlexicon
On: August 16, 2017
In: Documentary, Music Video, Uncategorized, VLOG
Tagged: colonialism, East African Hip Hop, East African History, Economic History, Education, Exploitation, Forced Labor, Hip hop documentary, Hip Hop Kambi, Hip Hop Lecture, Kazi Kwa Washamba - Hip Hop & Hustling in East Africa, Kenyan Hip Hop, Kevlexicon, Rutgers, slavery, ukoo flani mau mau

Kevin Teryek Kusini/Kevlexicon, edited by Monaja 28 November, 2012 Lecture notes Kazi Kwa Washamba Hip Hop and Hustling in East Africa First of all, I’d like to dedicate this lecture to all the East African hip hop heads I’ve been fortunate enough to work with. With this project particularly I’d like to thank Mwongela Kamencu, aka Monaja for editing and for his translation and analysis of “Angalia Saa.” Brief outline of Kenyan History I’d like to provide a context for understanding East African hip hop. To this end, I’d like to give a brief outline of Kenyan history. • The two official languages in Kenya are KiSwahili and English. There are over 42 other local languages, referred to as “mother tongues.” Swahili is a mixture of coastal Bantu and Arabic. Studies have established that Swahili was actually a Bantu language with heavy Arabic influences. The Swahili people existed before the coming of the Arabs. The Swahili language spread inland with the Arab slave trade. English spread with missionary activity, then colonialism, since the 1880s and 1890s. • In 1920, Kenya became an official colony of the British. White settlers profited from African forced labor on coffee and tea plantations forRead More →