chefin it up...

waddup everybody!

so last week I mentioned an event that was going down on March 6, 2010, Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen.

Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen Volume 3, Back to Our Roots, will be honoring International Women’s Month by shedding light and creating awareness on Environmental Injustices and Educational Inequalities and their impact on women of color. in bringing together women of color educators, students, environmentalists, djs, emcees, b-girls, poets, visual artists, dancers, healers, pastors, organizers and activists, Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen expressing solidarity with Women’s rights and supporting sistas in Hip Hop!

Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen (promo) from Jennifer Hobdy on Vimeo.

MHHK Vol. 3 is going down for the second year in a row at Hostos Community College in the South Bronx, the birthplace of Hip Hop, and the poorest congressional district in the nation, also called “The Forgotten Borough.” In reality, the borough of the Bronx is not forgotten because one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, Riverdale, lies just northwest and has every amenity a human can ask for.

and so two powerful sistas, Kathleen Adams and Lah Tere, came together to create this really dope yearly event with performances by some of our past "She's So Fresh" Fridays features like Lah Tere, Misnomer(s), Rokafella and B-Girls (All the Ladies Say) and GNU, not to mention Patty Dukes, Kalae All Day, Ne Ne Ali, LMNOP, and so many more! oh yeah, and I'ma do my thing I do as well..;-).

I asked co-founder Kathleen Adams a few questions about MHHK Vol. 3, this year's show and chefing up some "Soup for the Hip Hop Soul!":

me: if you could put into words the exact message MHHK is trying to send to the world and the Hip Hop Community, what would it be?

Kathleen Adams: We want the world to realize that female artists are talented and deserve to be respected. We want to show that female artists, especially women of color do not have to take off their colors and be raunchy to get attention and coverage.

me: how do you feel MHHK has been received by the Hip Hop Community in NY?

Kathleen Adams: As far as we know, we feel that we have been received positively. We have such a plethora of talent who want to be in our show, but we are limited to the artists we can select to participate in our annual event. Fortunately though, we have smaller installments throughout the year where female talent can be showcased.

me: are there plans to expand MHHK?

Kathleen Adams: We would love to expand MHHK. We’ve been offered to bring it to Washington, DC, Ohio, and Los Angeles. We are willing to travel and organize this show anywhere we are invited! We are ready to bring MHHK on the road!

me: what is the criteria for artist selection for MHHK?

Kathleen Adams: With MHHK we want to showcase polished as well as up and coming talent as well. Often times an artist can sound hot on a track, but has a bad stage presence. We choose artists who can wake up the crowd and keep them entertained and educated at the same time. We strive to include artists who are out there organizing in their communities and creating change. We feel the media only shows women of color in hip hop as video vixens and as overtly sexual. We want to showcase female artists who can serve as role models for our young girls out there.

so if you're in NY definitely come through Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen Vol. 3 fuses energy, politics, ancestry, traditions, art, song and dance into a brew for Environmental Justice, Education Equality and of course, Hip Hop.

When: Saturday, March 6th, 2010

@ the Hostos Center for Arts and Culture

450 Grand Concourse (at 149th St.) Bronx, NY

(Main Theater)

Time: 2-5pm

This event is FREE and open to all ages.

for more information about the event, check out www.mhhk.org Copyright J.A.G. Music and Media, LLC