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		<title>A New Theory on Hip-Hop: The Cornel West Theory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:info@deftmag.com">DeftMag Staff</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deft Magazine contributor, Mikal Amin Lee, sits down with D.C. hip-hop group, The Cornel West Theory. ]]></description>
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		<title>Co$$ Asks Fans To Look Past The Dollar Signs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:lmcewen@deftmag.com">Lauren McEwen</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers to might not immediately recognize the name Co$$. He has a solid flow, a knack for selecting quality beats and substantial content, but he’s kind of low-key, and Google searches for more info on the LA-based rapper may yield skimpy results for a couple of reasons. First, he’s gone through his share of name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starving Artists: Sol Infinite &#8211; Within, Destination</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:aacquaye@deftmag.com">Alisha Acquaye</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deft Magazine staff writer Alisha Acquaye interviews Sol Infinite on his musical background and debut mixtape, &#8220;Within, Destination.&#8221; &#8220;I just believe these days are the best days to do that which we are all destined to do. But it starts within.&#8221; An interesting philosophy from the eclectic music lover and musician, Sol Infinite. I haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graffiti Gone Global&#8217;s &#8220;The Pop Up&#8221;: The Next Level of Street Art</title>
		<link>http://deftmag.com/features/graffiti-gone-globals-the-pop-up-the-next-level-of-street-art/</link>
		<comments>http://deftmag.com/features/graffiti-gone-globals-the-pop-up-the-next-level-of-street-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:info@deftmag.com">DeftMag Staff</a></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Deft Magazine Staff Writer Zoey  Flowers reviews Graffiti Gone Global and interviews the artist, Tes One.  The most beautiful works of art were once considered vandalism.  Unwelcome in their craft, the artists had to create their masterpieces in the streets.  Backpacks carried their paintbrush of choice – the aerosol can.  Over twenty years later, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyday They Hustling: New Zealand’s Electric Wire Hustle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:sday@deftmag.com">Simon Day</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deft Magazine writer Simon Day interviews New Zealand-based band Electric Wire Hustle. The velvety grooves of Electric Wire Hustle have the 5pm Friday drinkers subconsciously bouncing their heads at Verona Café, in Auckland, New Zealand. EWH drummer, Myele Manzanza smiles self consciously, as he and his afro walk into the café and find the group’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hip Hop&#8217;s Hired Gun</title>
		<link>http://deftmag.com/features/hip-hops-hired-gun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:klundy@deftmag.com">Kadeem Lundy</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born in Jersey but representing Brooklyn since 2000, Mikal Amin Lee is better known by his rap alias Hired Gun.  He has traveled the world working with producers in Europe and Asia while blending in his own hometown influence. In addition to rapping, GUN is also a activist and mentor to the youth and has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edwin Freeman from &#8220;Notorious&#8221; Speaks On Urban Fashion</title>
		<link>http://deftmag.com/features/edwin-freeman-from-notorious-speaks-on-urban-fashion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:klundy@deftmag.com">Kadeem Lundy</a></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Freeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actor and fellow New Yorker Edwin Freeman had a major breakthrough in his rising acting career when he starred alongside Angela Bassett, Derek Luke and Jamal &#8220;Gravy&#8221; Woolard in the 2009 film &#8220;Notorious.&#8221; In the film Freeman portrayed deejay Mister Cee. In an interview that I recently did with Freeman he talks about urban fashion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hip Hop in the Steel City, Pittsburgh</title>
		<link>http://deftmag.com/features/hip-hop-in-the-steel-city-pittsburgh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:klundy@deftmag.com">Kadeem Lundy</a></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip hop culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wiz Khalifa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Until recently, hip hop artists from &#8220;The City of Steel,&#8221; (Pittsburgh) were often overlooked in mainstream hip hop, being relegated to their respective local or underground scenes. One such artist, Wiz Khalifa, has been able to put Pittsburgh hip hop on the map, by working his way up from the underground while remaining true to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assimilation, Acculturation Rejection of Hip Hop Around the World</title>
		<link>http://deftmag.com/features/assimilation-acculturation-and-rejection-of-hip-hop-around-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://deftmag.com/features/assimilation-acculturation-and-rejection-of-hip-hop-around-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:hnajera@deftmag.com">Hugo Najera</a></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anita Tijoux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dizzee Rascal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip-hop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Manuva]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m fascinated with the idea of Hip Hop as a tool for cultural imperialism &#38; its stake in global music. Global is nothing new. Previous U.S. genres have been sent off to Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America for cultural consumption. But in the era of the &#8216;cut&#8217;n'paste&#8217; the &#8216;mix and blen&#8217; and the &#8216;mashup&#8217;&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin-Bronx Connection&#8211;Expanding Worlds Through Hip Hop</title>
		<link>http://deftmag.com/features/berlin-bronx-connection-expanding-worldviews-through-hip-hop/</link>
		<comments>http://deftmag.com/features/berlin-bronx-connection-expanding-worldviews-through-hip-hop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:wemilien@deftmag.com">Wayne Emilien</a></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Berlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olad Aden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From its humble beginnings the south Bronx, Hip Hop has&#8211;in its 30 or so years of existence&#8211;touched almost every nation in the world.  But kids in the Bronx have been historically stuck there.  Until now. Started by Olad Aden, The Berlin-Bronx Connection program brings Bronx youth to Berlin (and conversely Berlin youth to the Bronx).  [...]]]></description>
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