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The Voice (Cuba Meet Oakland)
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Time: October 20, 2011 at 8pm to October 21, 2011 at 1:30pm
Location: The New Parish, Oakland Ca
Street: 579 18th st @San Pablo ave.
City/State: Oakland Ca.
Info/Tickets/Map: http://www.eventbrite.com/eve…
Event Type: bay, area, oakland
Organized By: DJ Leydis & Raw-G
Latest Activity: Oct 9, 2011
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"Obsesion" from Cuba performing live at The New Parish in Oakland
after 7 years of not being in the United States. Tickets available now @ http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2255227446 Also performing... ..DJ Leydis ...Raw-G... .. Paul Flores... ... Brwn Bflw... .. Do D.A.T.... ...Slumgods/Zulu Nation... + special guest.... Live painting by Dyme, Favi (Xochitlceive) & Agana OBSESION
Cuban hip-hop group began in1996, and has been influential within the Havana’s hip-hop scene since its inception. They often works with issues of race and the Afro-Cuban identity. Obsesion traveled to the United States 2006, and were invited to take part in a historical performance at the Apollo Theater with The Roots, Mos Def, and Kanye West. Obsesion has appeared in multiple documentaries about Cuban hip-hop such as “Inventos: Hip Hip Cubana,” as well as the work of a U of M graduate student,Vanessa Diaz’s “Cuban Hiphop: Desde el Principio.” Additionally, the group has been featured in literary works such as Sujatha Fernandez’s Cuba Represent! Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New RevolutionaryCultures. |
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