{"id":955,"date":"2013-12-19T07:06:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T07:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=955"},"modified":"2013-12-19T07:06:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T07:06:26","slug":"hip-hop-101-told-first-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/hip-hop-101-told-first-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"HIP-HOP 101 : TOLD IT FIRST HAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/11\/hiphop-101-told-first-hand-57.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622 alignleft\" alt=\"hiphop-101-told-first-hand-57\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/11\/hiphop-101-told-first-hand-57.jpeg\" width=\"146\" height=\"206\" data-id=\"622\" \/><\/a><em><strong>HIP-HOP 101 : TOLD IT FIRST HAND<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em>Hip-Hop is a place where politics, fashion, music, art and all culture all intersect. <strong>Wes Jackson<\/strong>, Founder and Executive Director of the <strong>Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival<\/strong> and President of <strong>Brooklyn Bodega<\/strong>, hosts this series, TOLD IT FIRST HAND, where he sits down with artists, executives, writers and entrepreneurs who work behind the scenes and \u2018above the line\u2019 in Hip-Hop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TOLD IT FIRST HAND kicks off at Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) in downtown Brooklyn with  <strong>Buckshot<\/strong> and <strong>Evil D<\/strong> of the legendary group <strong>Black Moon<\/strong>. They will sit down to talk about the 20th Anniversary of their debut album, &#8216;Enta Da Stage&#8217;, the art of rhyme, the art of production, re-establishing Brooklyn as a cultural hub, The Boot Camp Clik, making Timberland cool, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How have these two artists been able to survive together and separately over two decades that has seen most of the contemporaries fall by the wayside? 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