Hip Hop 'Fest

by Joe B.

The Hip Hop Film Festival this Friday past.

That's Aug. 17, 2002.

There are consecutive days for this event of dance, movies, and discussions about the Hunter’s Point Community’s fight to keep the Bay View
of Hunter's Point alive.

Its San Francisco’s "National Black Newspaper of the year.

I went on August 17, 7pm. and saw the Blow-up of the Hip Hop-Rap nation go global.

In countries like Columbia, Japan, and anywhere young people know what’s happening.

Even in place like Brazil the young ones began their own kinds of Hip Hop.

Its almost as if kids from Harlem, Watts, ‘Chi town mentally hooked up internationally!

I couldn’t stay but between the movies about Mr. Mumia Abu Jumal’s story before and after he was arrested, tried, and convicted for killing a Philadelphia cop.

Mr. Mumia supposedly had a fair trial though there is compelling evidence of a "Get Mumia" set up.

This benefit for the Bay View Newspaper will help it survive but is still up subscribers across the bay an around the world to show big biz that other voices, views that will also be heard too.

Over 400 years of physical, psychological, lawless, institutionalized hell, this is what Reparations for African American’s is all about.

Many other struggling papers and people also struggle to keep us informed of the truth.

These outlets should link up helping each other against the vast media-multi-corp-prison- industrial complex.

What sort of country has a system that makes more prisons than schools?

Mr. Kevin Epps the "Straight Out Of Hunter’s Point is one the featured films and Artists like
T-Kash of The Coup
Askari X, Umoja Jazz Ensemble and others I couldn’t name are also on board.

Me, I’m listening, spreading the word so other folks can get there own belly fire flaring.

Hip Hop during and after the film ‘fest ends will keep rolling, ‘rockin, ‘knockin making its own doors into and against entrenched, reactionary, closed-minded global media.

Remember we are the rainbow masses and we’re getting louder it don’t matter if they say we’re not heard.

You’ve heard of some big strong guy called "The Rock"
Well he say’s "Just Bring it."

That’s what we’ll do against media hype of the corporate 9 multi nationals; they need our cash we don’t have to buy their stuff.
"We’ll Just Bring It" to our own spaces, places, neighborhoods.

Oops, where did that come from?

Like I said I left as the panel were going to question /answer segment but It did make me glad of being a bit older because young folks have a lot of work ahead of 'em.

I’m sure they have the inner fire to shake things up, get things started, and get it done.

Outside its getting a little nippy and as I quickly walk towards Market Street I now know the young folks I’ve left are awake, and are already causing corporate media, government and bad apple cops mega migraine headaches.

All I can say folks is
for years we had to deal with their sick mental states long enough; now lets correct ‘n’ disinfect, cure our present wrong headed stuff and do right for everyone once and for all. Bye.