Zin is a hip hop Pacifica Radio legend living in Houston who has a show called S.O.S. Radio in Texas. He also is an up and coming hip hop crooner, kind of like Nate Dogg, but with a Southern twang. He has a new album out called “Mental Graffiti,” which is definitely some conscious mellow music to ride to. I touched down with the man with many faces, so that he could let y’all know a little bit about his personal history as well as his new album.
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Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
Chuck D,
Cynthia McKinney,
Damage Control,
Dr. Leonard Jefferies,
Erykah Badu,
Houston,
KPFT,
Nate Dogg,
Pacifica Radio,
Raheem Devaughn,
S.O.S. Radio,
Texas,
“Mainstream Outlawz”,
“Mental Graffiti”
June 9 we had an up close and personal interview on Wanda’s Picks Radio with the great pianist, George Cables. He was at Yoshi’s in San Francisco with his friends, Bobby Hutcherson and Charlie Haden and is on to New York for a tribute to Freddie Hubbard later this week. Listen any time at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Wandas-Picks/2009/06/09/Wandas-Picks-Special. You will not be disappointed.
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Angela Wellman,
Annie Sampson,
Arlene Goldbard,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Brenda Way,
Charlie Haden,
Charnett Moffet,
Chuck D,
Chukes,
Cole Payne,
Collie Buddz,
Damon and the Heathens,
Darren MacPherson,
Deidre Greene,
DJ Twelvz,
Don Reed,
Elaine Brown,
Erica Nelani,
Fito Reinoso y Su Ritmo y Armonia,
Fogo Na Roupa,
Freddie Hubbard,
Freddy Mesa,
Freja Joslin,
George Cables,
Gray Brechin,
Hamza Pérez,
India Irie,
Jeff Chang,
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor,
Jo Kreiter,
Joanna Haigood of Zaccho Dance Theater,
John Cheever,
John Santos,
Johnny Symons,
Jordan Simmons,
Julia Butterfly,
Kev Choice Ensemble,
Khalil Shaheed,
Loira Limbal,
Mar,
Meklit Hadero,
Michael Franti and Spearhead,
Michael Lange,
Michael Lewis known as "Little B",
Miko Marks,
Nagisa Oshima,
New Kingston Band,
Pat Boyd,
Paths of Native Africa,
Rashidi Byrd,
Refa 1,
Richard Wright,
Rico Pabon,
Robert King of the Angola 3,
Robert Moses' Kin,
Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerald,
Rose Kendrick,
Roshambo,
San Francisco 8,
Sehkou Senegal,
Sheila Hylton,
Simon Hanukai,
The Mighty Sparrow,
the Refugee All-Stars,
Todd Brown,
Virgilio Bravo,
Wanda Sabir,
Willard Barksdale,
Yacine Kouyate,
Zora Neale Hurston
As President Nelson Mandela said of Mama Africa, Miriam Makeba, this week: “Her haunting melodies gave voice to the pain of exile and dislocation, which she felt for 31 long years. At the same time, her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us.”
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Amana Brembry Johnson,
Chuck D,
Congresswoman Barbara Lee,
Cyro Baptista,
Dimensions Dance Theater,
Howard Thurman,
Hugh Masekela,
Kalbass Kreyol,
Kambale Musavuli,
KRS-One,
MC Lyte,
McCoy Tyner,
Miriam Makeba,
President Nelson Mandela,
Robert Greer,
Sila and the AfroFunk Experience,
Terri McMillan,
Valerie Cooper,
Vukani Mawethu Choir,
Wanda Sabir
Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Prescott Joseph Center we honored the legacy of the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere artists: Berkeley resident Joy Holland and Oaklander by way of St. Louis Casper Banjo, with featured artist Keith Hopkins, another Oaklander. The exhibit is titled “Breath of Our Ancestors.”
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Allensworth,
Ankh Productions,
Avotcja,
Black Panther Party,
Black Poets with Attitudes,
Black Repertory Theater,
Breath of Our Ancestors,
Casper Banjo,
Chuck D,
Eddie Abrams,
Flavor Flav,
Joanna Haigood,
Jon Hendricks,
Joy Holland,
Keith Hopkins,
Lathan Hodge,
Living Word Project,
Mary Rudge,
Mos Def,
Museum of the African Diaspora,
Nation of Islam,
Oakland International Film Festival,
Oakland Tech,
Prescott Joseph Center,
Professor Griff,
Public Enemy,
San Francisco Trolley Dances,
Shanique S. Scott,
TheArthur Wright,
Tulare County,
Wanda Sabir,
Zaccho Dance Company
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