{"id":5141,"date":"2008-04-15T21:30:50","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T02:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5141"},"modified":"2008-04-15T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T23:52:21","slug":"hiphopistan_upc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/15\/hiphopistan_upc\/","title":{"rendered":"HipHopistan &#8212; upcoming in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZHG6FJTcJR8&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZHG6FJTcJR8&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n\n<p>(Link stolen from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.passtheroti.com\/?p=652#more-652\">PTR<\/a>.) I have no idea what the song is about [translation help, anyone?], but I love the video, beats, and the sound of the rap.<\/p>\n\n<p>People in Chicago this week might want to head down to the University of Chicago for a Desi Hop Hop Conference, <a href=\"http:\/\/hiphopistan.uchicago.edu\/schedule.html\">HipHopistan<\/a> (April 17-19). It&#8217;s a mix of performances, roundtable discussions, and hands-on workshops. Among the performers present will be Yogi B &amp; Natchatra (featured in the video above), as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.himalayanproject.com\/\">Chee Malabar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cdbaby.com\/cd\/kabir2\">Kabir<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hiphopistan.uchicago.edu\/av.html\">Abstract\/Vision<\/a>, and the ubiquitous DJ Rekha.<\/p>\n\n<p>I must admit I&#8217;ve stopped aggressively following developments in Desi Hip Hop and Bhangra\/hip hop fusion somewhat lately. (Have I been missing much?) If I were in Chicago, I might show up at this event just to see if anything these guys are doing might inspire renewed interest. <!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Link stolen from PTR.) I have no idea what the song is about [translation help, anyone?], but I love the video, beats, and the sound of the rap. People in Chicago this week might want to head down to the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/15\/hiphopistan_upc\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5141"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}