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2016
ellieharrison

Creative Activism & Activist Art Favorite 

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"Fuck Tha Police": N.W.A.'s Most Courageous Song is Still Relevant As Ever
Practitioner
N.W.A.
Date
Aug 9 1998

Upon its original release on N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton LP in 1988, the song was safely titled “_ _ _ _ Tha Police (Fill in the Blanks),” and the album cover was among the first to feature the infamous “Parental Advisory” label, warning moms and dads about the album’s explicit lyrics. A censored version of the LP even omitted the song entirely.

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Chance the Rapper Hosts Open Mic Night
Practitioner
Chance the Rapper
Date
Feb 1 2015

Before Chance the Rapper performed at sold-out concert venues, he practiced his rhymes in front of an intimate crowd of roughly a dozen people at Harold Washington Library. Now the rapper is trying to return the favor, one open mic at a time.

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10 Rappers Turned Social Activists-Vince Staples
Practitioner
Vince Staples
Date
Jul 11 2016

Vince Staples mentioned Long Beach's Ramona Park approximately 80 times on his debut album Summertime '06 and even allotted the park two of its own tracks: "Ramona Park Legend Pt. 1" and "Ramona Park Legend Pt. 2." "The sun come down and guns come out, you know Ramona Park."

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Rockers Unite for Haiti Benefits
Practitioner
Jay-Z, Springsteen, Radiohead, etc.
Date
Feb 18 2010

Jay-Z rapped alongside side Bono, the Edge and Rihanna; Coldplay's Chris Martin moonlighted as Beyoncé's piano player; Justin Timberlake covered Leonard Cohen — and those performances, from January 22nd's multinetwork, $66 million-grossing telethon for Haitian earthquake victims, were just the most visible of musicians' efforts to raise funds.

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Kendrick Lamar Opens the 2018 Grammys with a Powerful and Political Performance
Practitioner
Kendrick Lamar
Date
Jan 28 2018

DAMN. Kendrick Lamar opened the 2018 GRAMMYs with a powerful and political performance of his hit, "XXX.'" The rapper featured an army of face-covered soldiers marching in the background of an American flag, that quickly turned into a "satire" taking a jab at the current political climate in the United States.

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Drake Donates $1 Million Budget for Music Video God's Plan to Schools in Impoverished Areas
Practitioner
Drake
Date
Feb 16 2018

Drake has released an emotional video for "God's Plan" in which he donates the music video budget to people in need.

Shot in Miami and directed by Toronto's Karena Evans and Jordan Oram, the video features a bunch of generous, grand gestures.

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Kanye West Storms the VMAs Stage During Taylor Swift's Speech
Practitioner
Kanye West
Date
Sep 13 2009

Leave it to Kanye West to produce one of the most infamous moments in VMAs history before the 2009 show was even an hour old.

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Keith Haring's AIDS Activism
Practitioner
Keith Haring
Date
Jan 1 1980

Keith Haring was an American artist and activist in 1980s New York, whose artwork raised awareness on social issues at the time. One the main awareness campaigns Haring participated on was AIDS awareness and activism.

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Dana Ellyn, Vegan Painter
Practitioner
Dana Ellyn
Date
Jan 1 2002

Another incredible artist determined to change the world for animals is Dana Ellyn. This DC-based artist started being a full-time painter in 2002 after leaving a corporate job. Her paintings do not shy away from showing the exploitation of animals, as well as critiquing society in general. Her paintings are meant to start a conversation, and they are certainly doing that as effective advocacy for animals.

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Lebanon rape law: Wedding dresses hang in Beirut sea front protest
Practitioner
Lebanese Activists
Date
Apr 22 2017

Activists campaigning to change Lebanon's law on rape have staged a macabre protest on Beirut's famous sea front.

What appeared to be more than 30 white wedding dresses were hung from nooses, strung up between the palm trees.

Lebanese law currently allows a rapist to be exonerated if he marries his victim.
The activists are pressing to have the legislation abolished at an upcoming session of parliament.

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Takeaways from J. Cole's New Album, KOD
Practitioner
J. Cole
Date
Apr 20 2018

In keeping with his activist turn on 2016’s 4 Your Eyez Only, J. Cole’s new album, KOD, is an exploration of addiction. The title has three different meanings that all speak to this aim: Kids On Drugs, King OverDosed, and Kill Our Demons. Each feeds into the next in this narcotic odyssey.

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Clarion Alley Mural Project
Practitioner
Various Artists
Date
Jan 1 1992

The Mission of CAMP is to support and produce socially engaged and aesthetically diverse public art as a grassroots community-based, artist-run organization based in San Francisco.
Clarion Alley Mural Project is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media.

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