May 21
6 entries
Demone Carter
Hip hop artist and youth educator, Demone Carter's column, Life After Hip Hop, provides insight into the changing landscape of hip hop culture and politics.
Warriors, Giants, Mayweather/Guerrero: this weekend had the sports world buzzing. But there was one group of folks who were not so engaged -- the "non-sports fan." Commentator Demone Carter takes on the eternal question posed by this group: why sports?
WHAT IS SJ$1DAY ? Dem-One, "San Jose's self appointed Hip Hop ambassador" plans on launching an event called SJ$1DAY, March 31st 2012. The Idea is for the community to support local artists by spending one dollar for one song on one day.
The Life and Times of DEM ONE- Hip Hop artist, father, husband, and social entrepreneur. This is a live recording of his set this past Thursday at The Pagoda Lounge opening up at the Ungrammar event put on by Thomas Ramon Aguilar. Other artists featured that night were Anya & The Get Down + Talib Kweli & Res as Idle Warship.
After a number delays, and a groundswell of support which included celebrities and national civil rights organizations, Troy Davis was executed in Georgia. Author Demone Carter wonders about future of the movement which called for his freedom, one that was widely built through social media.
In the wake of the violence that broke out at Saturday's Raider vs. 49ers pre-season game (which included numerous fight and two shootings) there's plenty of blame to go around.
San Jose emcee DemOne releases his new video "Battlin' My Demons" produced by DA HERMIT. Check out his blog at Lifeafterhiphop.com.
