Jogja Hip Hop Foundation
If there was still any doubt that hip hop is truly a global culture, look no further than Indonesia's Hip Hop Foundation (JHF), recognized as one Southeast Asia's foremost collectives. This crew samples poems, wishes and curses in a mix with literary Javanese texts and colloquial riffs. Their musical hooks are pinned to global rhythms, traditional gamelan music and a love of language.
Videos
November-December 2012: 7 artists... 8 performances... 47 activities
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - New York City, NY
Dancing in the Streets & Casita Maria Center for the Arts and Education - The Bronx, NY
The Kennedy Center - Washington, DC
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts - Scottsdale, AZ
Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, University of California, Davis - Davis, CA
UCSB Arts & Lectures, University of California - Santa Barbara, CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - San Francisco, CA
Today we met [with Jogja Hip Hop Foundation] the reality of the Bronx, what hip hop is supposed to be: the empowerment of community... and we got a lot of inspiration because of it.
Muhammad Marzuki, AKA Kill the DJ