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Hip-Hop and It Don't Stop

MC Lyte questions the current state of hip-hop

By Antonio Valenzuela Fri., Oct. 5 2012 at 12:17 PM

Categories: Hip-Hop and It Don't Stop, Last Night

Antonio Valenzuela

MC Lyte last night at the Tivoli on the Auraria Campus.

Last night at Auraria, MC Lyte shared her views on the current state of hip-hop, a broad range of topics ranging from the diminishing role of females to the dwindling voice of hip-hop overall and its lackluster effectiveness to her personal triumphs and downfalls. With style and grace, she left many with a question to be answered, "Where are all the soldiers at?"

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10/4/12, Auraria Campus, Denver, Hip-Hop Legacy Literacy Conference, MC Lyte, Sankofa Lecture Series

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MC Lyte and Crazy Legs visit Auraria this week

By Antonio Valenzuela Wed., Oct. 3 2012 at 11:00 AM

Categories: Events, Hip-Hop and It Don't Stop

Hip-hop and it still don't stop. This afternoon at 1 p.m., the inaugural Hip-Hop Legacy Literacy Conference kicks off with a screening of Ice-T's Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap documentary in the St. Cajetan's building on Auraria, and, tomorrow, the Sankofa Lecture Series welcomes its fall keynote speaker, MC Lyte, to Metro State University. And then on Friday, Crazy Legs of the Rock Steady Crew will also speak in the inaugural Hip-Hop Legacy Literacy Conference.