Aotearoa hip hop summit

Aotearoa hip hop summit

The hip hop summit is a three-day event that honors the hip hop scene in New Zealand. In August of 2000, the first Aotearoa hip hop summit took place at the Lumiere Theatre in Christchurch. [Henderson, April K. “Dancing Between Islands: Hip Hop and the Samoan Diaspora.” In The Vinyl Ain’t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture, ed. by Dipannita Basu and Sidney J. Lemelle, 180-199. London; Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 200.] The second summit, in September 2001, took place in Auckland.

Event

Alistair Toto, who organized the first summit, describes the event as "three days and nights of uninterrupted, pure hip hop action." [McLennan, Peter & Scott, Jennifer. "Hip hop won't stop!" [http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Study/9077/hiphopsummit.html] ] In the first summit, only New Zealand artists performed. To encourage collaboration, international artists were included in the second summit. One component of the event is dancing competitions between b-boys and b-girls. Dance troupes enter into popping competitions, often incorporating aspects of Samoan dance movements. Many participants boast of the heavy involvement of females, which they believe distinguishes the Aotearoan hip hop community from their counterparts in countries such as the United States. [Henderson, April K. “Dancing Between Islands: Hip Hop and the Samoan Diaspora.” In The Vinyl Ain’t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture, ed. by Dipannita Basu and Sidney J. Lemelle, 180-199. London; Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 200] The event is now sponsored by Boost Mobile and known as the Boost Mobile Aotearoa Hip Hop Summit. [Thread. 2008. [http://www.thread.co.nz/article/1094] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.frontofthebox.co.nz/Our-Programmes/Documentaries/Aotearoa-Hip-Hop-Summit/MenuId/125.aspx Aotearoa hip hop summit Documentary Preview]


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