MK Stallings and Montague Simmons

MK Stallings and Montague Simmons are members of the Organization for Black Struggle and the St. Louis Organizing Committee for The National Hip Hop Political Convention (nhhpc.org) and are on the host committee for the 10th Anniversary Black Radical Congress.Click here to contact Mr. Stallings and Mr. Simmons.

Guest Commentary

Rebel Without a Cause: The Movement to Reclaim and Radicalize Hip Hop

By MK Stallings and Montague Simmons Guest Commentators

Hip Hop, celebrated as the child of the Civil Rights and Black Power eras, was born as an insurgent voice of outrage against the poverty and violence that permeated the Black and Latino communities of Bronx, New York in the early 1970s. The music and culture reflected the psychosocial and political realities of the day.…

Hip Hop, celebrated as the child of the Civil Rights and Black Power eras, was born as an insurgent voice of outrage against the poverty and…

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