Poetry Meets Hip Hop // Fête de la musiqe special w/ DarkMatter (NYC)

This is a special edition of Poetry Meets Hip Hop!
Welcome to an amazing evening with the finest of Spoken Word & Hip Hop from Berlin and special guests all the way from New York!

Lend your ears to the wordsmiths for this evening:

SchwarzRund [Poetry] - Berlin -
SchwarzRund - d.h. es wird aus einer mehrfachschubladisierbaren Sicht auf die Welt geschrieben, poetisiert und geloopt. Audre Lorde machte klar, das wir schreiben müssen da kein anderer unsere Geschichte erzählen wird. Deswegen schreibe ich, um die Geschichten zu erzählen, die sonst zu selten erzählt werden. Es entstehen empowernde, erklärende, manchmal liebevolle und oft sehr harte Texte gegen priviligierte Gruppen innerhalb und außerhalb von Communities.
http://schwarzrund.wordpress.com/

BadKat [MC & Spoken Word] - Berlin/Florida -
BadKat is best known for her veteran MC skills, writing prowess, her constant development of new sounds & material, and her ability to turn it up. She is widely popular in the Hip Hop and Dubstep scenes, and is also well known for her dynamic range of musical genres, as well as her impressive live performances.
http://www.badkat.biz/

MSOKE a.k.a NAMUSOKE [MC] - Berlin/Zurich/Tanga -
Msoke is a Trans*Man from Tanzania who exerts himself against sexism, homophobia, transphobia and any social inequality through the means of Reggae and World Music.
Seine aussergewöhnliche Lebensgeschichte sowie sein musikalischer Werdegang mündet in exzellentem urbanem Soul mit hörbaren Wurzeln der Afro-Soul und Reggaemusik.
http://www.msoke.com/

Darkmatter [Poetry] - New York City -
DarkMatter is a trans south asian performance art duo comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian. Based in New York City, DarkMatter regularly performs to sold-out houses at venues like La MaMa Experimental Theater, Nuyorican Poets Café, and the Asian American Writer’s Workshop. DarkMatter was recently part of the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival as well as the Queer International Arts Festival. Known for their quirky aesthetic and political panache, DarkMatter has been invited to perform at stages and universities across the world.
http://darkmatterpoetry.com/

Host: Babiche Papaya

Supported by DJ'n YaYa providing you with smooth music backing the spitted poetic words or simply letting your ears savour the moments of Hip Hop and Poetry happening in the cozy homelike atmosphere of Villa Neukölln.

Can't wait? Join us and enjoy a nice evening with funny, political and poetic consonances of words.

PLUS [limited space for the] OPEN STAGE:
Poet-heads, Hip Hop-heads, singers, (f)*emcees, beatboxers and also instrumentalists grab the mic - Don't hesitate!!

[entry: donations| 4-9 Euros] *Refugees welcome!*

Love, Peace and Inspiration

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