The second release in the africanhiphop.com/ 15 Years Online series is another short documentary from the Redefinition: African Hip Hop project. Produced by along with '100% Galsen‘ (Senegal) and the ‘Redefinition’ film about African hip hop artists in the Netherlands, ‘My Hip Hop’ was premiered at the 2008 edition of Africa in the Picture and later screened at a couple of other film festivals in South Africa, USA and Europe.
The overall theme of this 16-minute chapter shot in Cape Town, South Africa is similar to what is discussed in Senegal and the Netherlands: hip hop and identity. What is ‘African’ hip hop, and does a hip hop artist have the responsibility to defend the consciousness in hip hop culture? Director Shanaz Adams (SABC, South Africa) talks to a couple of seasoned and upcoming artists in Cape Town, including female emcee Shameema (Godessa), pioneer Emile YX (Black Noise / African Hip Hop Indaba), dj Azuhl, graffiti artist Faith74 and Jimmy Flex.
'My hip hop' was produced by Shamiel Adams (one of the cats who inspired us to start africanhiphop.com/ back in the days; his spoken word piece is heard in the intro) in association with Faculty of Hip Hop for africanhiphop.com/. Check it out in the Youtube player above, and make sure you also watch '100% Galsen‘ and ‘Redefinition: African Hip Hop’ (to be uploaded later this year).
