Colneth Smiley Jr. of the Boston Herald ran a piece last week about the Last Poets and their historic show in Boston Juneteenth: The revolution will be lyricized. Tomorrow night, iconic spoken word and musical group the Last Poets will perform at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury. The event honors June-teenth — an African-American holiday that …
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Bridgit Brown did a write up for WGBH Arts about the Last Poets Juneteenth Show: No discussion about the history of Rap or even about the history of contemporary Spoken Word is complete without mentioning The Last Poets. On June 16th, Abiodun Oyewole, Babatunde Don Eaton, and Umar Bin Hassan of The Last Poets will …
The show we are doing on June 16 just got a great write up in the JP Gazette. On Saturday June 16, 2012 we are bringing The Last Poets to Boston for a Fundraiser show to benefit the Blackstonian and the Feed the Hood / Fill Your Fridge Programs. There will be a Youth / …
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– Last Poets 21+ Show Info – Free Film Screening: “The Last Poets Made in Amerikkka” Info Saturday June 16, 2012 we will be bringing The Last Poets to Boston for a fundraiser show to benefit the Blackstonian and the Fill Your Fridge program. While the main show is 21+, we will have an additional …
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Last Wednesday Scope fam Jamarhl Crawford of the Blackstonian linked with Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan of the legendary Last Poets to talk about the group’s history and formation, the origin and inspiration for some of their best known poems, their relationship with the late Gil Scott-Heron and some of their current work and …
Friday we welcomed the newest Scope Artist, Cassisus the 5th, at the release party for her Diamond in the Dirt Vol 1. Mixtape. Catch Wreck, Retrospek, True East Ent., MeTaL, Madame Cruz, the Knowbodies and AMB opened with a hip-hop and krump performances before Cassius took the stage to kick some of the new material. …
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As we are getting ready to drop the Summer / Fall Line we gave a sneak peak to attendees of the award winning Providence College Afro-American Society Fashion Show: Secret Encounter. Along with some of the tees, fleece and accessories from Winter / Spring “Magnify Truth”, we had new designs from the upcoming summer line …
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Legendary Last Poets Performing Live in Boston for Juneteenth 6/16 – YOUTH / ALL AGES SHOW INFORMATION – FREE FILM SCREENING: “THE LAST POETS MADE IN AMERIKKKA” – BUY TICKETS ONLINE Sat. June 16th – Last Poets Live! in Boston 9PM doors open | $25 in advance | $30 at the door @Hibernian Hall 184 …
Videos from Wake Up the Earth / Wake Up the City: Sweatshop at Wake Up the Earth “Fight Back” “Club Lights” “Underpaid Labor” Wake Up the City O.T.O “Freshest” Retrospek “Just Do It” Find more info on the recap and photos from the festival and afterparty on the Scope Facebook.
This past Saturday, we joined Blackstonian and Voices of Liberation in setting up a tent again at the 34th Annual Wake Up the Earth Festival and coordinated the Wake Up the City After Party that night, featuring an array of local talent including most of the Scope Artists roster. Sweatshop played during the day at the …