Brave New Voices
A Day of Hip Hop in Houston - Brave New Voices, MC Lyte Touch Down & Rock the House
Submitted by Southern Shift on Tue, 2009-12-15 13:54MC Lyte and the good folks from Brave New Voices including Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Hodari Davis came to Houston to kick off a year long program at Discovery Green that is designed to inspire Green Living, creativity in the arts and the upliftment of Hip Hop culture. We caught some of the sights and sounds of the day...
Word on the Street - Meet Houston spokenword group Metafour
Submitted by Southern Shift on Tue, 2009-12-15 13:49We caught up with Houston's premier spokenword group Metafour. They came through and held it down at the Discovery Green Festival in downtown Houston which featured MC Lyte and artists who are down with Brave New Voices. Here Metafour show off their skillz by spitting some insightful poems...
MC Lyte, Brave New Voices, Meta-Four Bring Hip Hop to Downtown’s Discovery Green Life is Living Festival
Submitted by Southern Shift on Mon, 2009-11-16 12:03 Authored by Davey DPioneering Hip Hop icon MC Lyte, along with Brave New Voices featuring spoken word icon Marc Bamuthi Joseph, recently touched down in Houston for the Discovery Green /Life is Living Festival and got seriously busy. She let the packed crowd know that female emcees weren’t a rarity in Hip Hop and that people need to turn off their radios and not be a statistic for outlets that don’t fully represent them or the culture they love. She alerted people to her new website project called HipHopSisters.com which strives to be a safe space for women in Hip Hop.
MC Lyte Rocks Houston - Female Emcees Are Right Here
Submitted by Southern Shift on Mon, 2009-11-09 15:19Pioneering Hip Hop icon MC Lyte touched down in Houston for the Discovery Green /Living Life Festival and got seriously busy. She let the packed crowd know that female emcees weren't a rarirty in Hip Hop and that people need to turn off their radios and not be a statistic for outlets that don't represent the culture. She then proceeded to rock the house and even brought fans upon the stage to rap along with her.
