VIDEO: LENON HONOR: BEYOND GANGSTER BLACKFACE/ GANGSTA RAP AS SOCIAL ENGINEERING

DOWNLOAD LINK:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/17c2g10y4eltrxp/Good+Vibrations+podcast%2C+Vol.+106_+Lenon+Honor_+Beyond+Gangster+Blackface.mp3

Much respect to Darren Brady for compiling this illustrative visual montage to go my recent Lenon Honor interview.

Lenon Honor is a researcher, musician, counsellor, public speaker and film-maker who returns to Good Vibrations for his third appearance.

Lenon has just released his ground-breaking new documentary ‘Beyond Gangster Blackface: A Critical Analysis of Gangster Rap’ which has been two years in the making. The film looks at how the genre of hip-hop known as ‘gangsta rap’ - and the output of the group NWA in particular - affected an entire generation’s attitudes and perceptions of black people and their lifestyles. Lenon’s statistical analysis of the main themes addressed in NWA’s lyrics throws up some shocking results. The film goes a lot further than just the hip-hop element, however, its 12 interviewees delving into issues such as social-engineering and the targeted destruction of the family dynamic, male-female relationships, and historical stereotypes of African-Americans.

Along the way the conversation encompasses such subjects as the East Coast/ West Coast beef in hip-hop, ‘diss’ records, self-aggrandisement, police brutality, the historical tradition of ‘playing the dozens’, and the legacy left by the Blaxploitation movies of the early 1970s.

EXPLICIT CONTENT: NOT SUITABLE FOR LISTENING BY CHILDREN

To watch/ order the documentary, go to https://www.beyondgangsterblackface.com/

MD AT THE STRAWBERRY FAIR, CAMBRIDGE, SAT 3RD JUNE

This coming Saturday I’ll be touching down in the Green Machine Area of the Strawberry Fair in Cambridge, delivering both a conscious music DJ set, and a ‘Musical Truth’-related talk.

Further details here:

http://strawberry-fair.org.uk/pages/whatson/gr3enmachine-stage/

MD UPCOMING TALK DATES

My upcoming talk dates over the next few weeks are as attached. Full details (as far as they’re known) in the text below.

SUN 28TH MAY - TRUTH & FREEDOM, SWINDON, UK

Address: Suju, 28 High St, Swindon SN1 3EP
Talk time: 12.30-2pm plus hosting (Event runs 12-6pm)
Admission: Tickets £22 available at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/394579
Other speakers: Max Igan, Clive De Carle, Nathan Riddett
Further info: https://www.facebook.com/events/271636886611112/


SAT 3RD JUNE - GREEN MACHINE AREA, STRAWBERRY FAIR, CAMBRIDGE, UK

Address: Midsummer Common, Cambridge, Cambridge, CB5 8DJ
Talk time: TBC (Event runs 12-10.30pm)
Admission: Free
Other speakers: TBC
Further info: http://strawberry-fair.org.uk/pages/whats-on/gr3enmachine-stage/


SUN 11TH JUNE - THREE WISE MONKEYS, TODMORDEN, UK
(CONSCIOUS MUSIC DJ SET & TALK)

Address: Three Wise Monkeys, 15 Water St., Todmorden, OL14 5AB
Talk time: TBC
Admission: TBC
Other speakers: TBC
Further info: https://www.facebook.com/hanumanthailtd/


FRI 7TH JULY - SALUTEM HOUSE, EASTBOURNE, UK

Address: 17 Millbrook Gradens, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 8TT
Talk time: TBC
Admission: TBC
Other speakers: TBC
Further info: https://www.ents24.com/eastbourne-events/salutem-house


SAT 15TH JULY - UPPERCEPTION/ POETIC JUSTICE FESTIVAL ALLDAYER, LONDON, UK
(CONSCIOUS MUSIC DJ SET & TALK)

Address: 260-264 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4DG
Talk time: C. 7pm
Admission: £15
Other speakers: Todd Acamesis, Donnachadh McCarty and various DJs/ poets/ performance artists.
Further info: https://www.facebook.com/pg/poeticjusticeevents/events/?ref=page_internal

TRUTH & FREEDOM, SUNDAY 28TH MAY 2017

Truth & Freedom returns next weekend, where I'll be presenting a talk on Lifetime Actors and Culture Creation, alongside Max Igan on personal sovereignty, Nathan Riddett on Natural Law and Clive de Carle on health and wellbeing. It's happening in Swindon on Bank Holiday Sunday.

Event details and tickets here:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/394579

GOOD VIBRATIONS PODCAST, VOL. 106: LENON HONOR/ BEYOND GANGSTER BLACKFACE

DOWNLOAD LINK:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/17c2g10y4eltrxp/Good+Vibrations+podcast%2C+Vol.+106_+Lenon+Honor_+Beyond+Gangster+Blackface.mp3

Lenon Honor is a researcher, musician, counsellor, public speaker and film-maker who returns to Good Vibrations for his third appearance.

Lenon has just released his ground-breaking new documentary ‘Beyond Gangster Blackface: A Critical Analysis of Gangster Rap’ which has been two years in the making. The film looks at how the genre of hip-hop known as ‘gangsta rap’ - and the output of the group NWA in particular - affected an entire generation’s attitudes and perceptions of black people and their lifestyles. Lenon’s statistical analysis of the main themes addressed in NWA’s lyrics throws up some shocking results. The film goes a lot further than just the hip-hop element, however, its 12 interviewees delving into issues such as social-engineering and the targeted destruction of the family dynamic, male-female relationships, and historical stereotypes of African-Americans.

Along the way the conversation encompasses such subjects as the East Coast/ West Coast beef in hip-hop, ‘diss’ records, self-aggrandisement, police brutality, the historical tradition of ‘playing the dozens’, and the legacy left by the Blaxploitation movies of the early 1970s.

TRUTH & FREEDOM, SUNDAY 28TH MAY 2017