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⏲ Duration: 30 min 56 sec ✓ Published: 03-Dec-2009
Description: HipHopistan, a 3-day series of events exploring the role of South Asians in global hip-hop culture, invited artists of South Asian heritage to the city of Chicago for performances, lectures and discussions. This unique collaboration explored the linguistic and pan-ethnic expressions of various South Asian and South Asian-American hip-hop artists. It also examined how hip-hop culture now includes an international and multi-racial body of artists who utilize this relatively young form of expressio