Monday, December 04, 2017

December Songs 4 (2017)

December Songs 4 brings you Lee Bangah, a local Charlottesville rap artist I saw for the first time at the Nine Pillars Hip Hop Festival last April.

He has an important new video about the Vinegar Hill neighborhood, a once thriving African American neighborhood in Charlottesville that was razed and replaced with strip malls and parking lots.



You can learn more about Vinegar Hill history through this excellent short film, The World is Gone. 

Also see footage of the klan rally that took place in Charlottesville on July 8, interspersed with Lee Bangah's music. 



I have a few shots from the hip hop festival here. So much talent was showcased during this festival, talent that many locals like myself are not exposed to because this town doesn’t feature its local black artists nearly enough at local venues and festivals. 
 
When black lives are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!

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