On Valentine’s Day, Miami will host a conversation with Jews who love(d) Hip Hop. “Jews in Hip Hop” is a panel discussion that will address Jewish identity, Jewish contributions to Hip Hop and weigh in on claims that Jews have exploited and manipulated Hip Hop culture. Join presenters Next @ 19, Temple Israel of Greater Miami and PATH: Preserving, Archiving & Teaching Hiphop, Inc. for this unprecedented event Thursday, February 14 at Temple Israel of Greater Miami (Guava Rugelach Lounge, 137 NE 19 St. Miami, Fl 33132) @ 7pm. It is free and open to the public.
The list of celebrated panelists includes international recording artist Y-Love, Seth “Brimstone” Schere (Brimstone127, LLC/PATH, Inc.), DJ Trails (Hip Hop Elements / Pro AM) and Michael Rosenfeld (Universal Records / founder of Youth Expressions).
Shemspeed is an independent recording label and promotional agency highlighting cross-over music artists with positive and unifying messages. Founded by Erez Safar, an American-Israeli DJ/Producer, Shemspeed promotes over 15 dynamic artists representing a wide range of genres including hip-hop, reggae, and rock. These artists include Y-Love (revolutionary Jewish hip-hop), Diwon (Yemenite / Sephardic hip-hop, Israeli music and more), DeScribe (soul-awakening dancehall, hip-hop, & soul), and Electro Morocco (Israeli rock, dance music.) Shemspeed artists, collectively showcasing the diversity in world Jewish music, have performed with musicians as varied as Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Idan Raichel and Eminem; they’ve been profiled in Rolling Stone, SPIN, The New York Times and XXL; and they’ve been seen and heard around the world on various TV appearances (Conan O’Brien, CBS and BBC World) and global radio. Shemspeed’s mission is unifying people through culture and education, celebrating diversity and common ground. By way of this work, we add a public Jewish voice to multi-cultural, inter-faith, creative and collaborative bridge-building.
On February 14th De La Soul’s Dugout will stream Jews in Hip Hop Panel discussion starting at 7PM EST. You could stream it from around the world at ustream.tv/delasoulsdugout