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Events: 40 Acres & a Mule: The Spike Lee Film Series Hosted By Lamont Lilly (@LamontLilly)
This sounds like it’s going to be super cool! Beginning March 16, Liberty Arts and The Durham Art Guild presents "The Spike Lee Film Series", where each week a different Spike Lee film will be screened. In addition to that there will be guest speakers to engage the audience in dialogue about the work. Guest speakers…
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Bull City’s Running: Realer Music Group (@RealerMusic_NC) Chops It Up With Lamont Lilly (@LamontLilly)
L-R: Lamont Lilly, Jacobi, Laphelle, Free Agent Jasun, Lil Bob Doe, Trie, Fresh So last night I attended a private listening party for Realer Music Group’s (RMG) upcoming album, 72-10. RMG is a small collective of artists, producers and artist-producers (that’s not a typo) based out of Durham, NC. Members include Wreck-N-Crew (Trie & Fresh), Jacobi, Lil Bob Doe, Groove Theorist,…
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Guest Column: Lamont Lilly (@LamontLilly) — Phonte Coleman, Hip Hop “Soul Man”
Durham, NC based activist, Lamont Lilly is a columnist for the African American Voice and contributing editor with the Triangle Free Press. Follow him on Twitter @LamontLilly. It was two weeks ago and six months late that I finally purchased Phonte Coleman’s solo debut, “Charity Starts At Home,” one of three specialty releases marking…
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Events: Jasiri X (@Jasiri_X) + Beats & Resistance: Hip Hop Empowering The People
Next weekend Lamont Lilly and Taurean Brown of doinDURM are bringing Pittsburgh, PA based emcee Jasiri X to Durham, NC as part of the Southern Socialism Conference. Jasiri X’s performance will be held at Cuban Revolution, with Beatnam Vets and Laila Nur as the openers. Head over to Dr. Mark Anthony Neal’s blog to check…
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5 Pillars: DURM Hip Hop Summit + Pierce Freelon (@Durhamite) & Apple Juice Kid’s (@AppleJuiceKid) Interactive Beat Making Session At Rio + Social (@RioPlusSocial) In Rio, Brazil (Video)
So last night the first (annual I hope) 5 Pillars: DURM Hip Hop Summit took place in downtown Durham, NC at Casbah. For y’all unfamiliar with RDU (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC), Durham used to be one of THE places to hear, see, participate in and experience indie/underground hip hop not only in RDU, but just about the whole state.…
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August 19, 2012: The Sunday Night Show Returns (News)
As with Feature Night Thursdays, I took the summer off and am now ready to turn up again! This month’s Sunday Night radio show will air this coming weekend (vs. the last Sunday of the month). This is also the first week that school will be back in session for UNC-Chapel Hill, so I’m looking…
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The Top 5 Carolina Hip Hop & R&B Releases Of 2012…….So Far
Well y’all, with less than five months left in the twenty twelve, the year is officially half way over. My work in corporate IT, which along with this blog helps feed an insatiable Chucks habit, is a huge part of my life. I love my career, because among all the perks that go along with…