World Up!

Its that time of year again! We are anxiously gearing up for the 2007 Trinity International Hip Hop Festival. Last year’s event was a huge success and this year looks to be shaping up to be even better. Sponsored by World Up, Trinity College, Nomadic Wax, and Sol Productions, this years festival consists of 2 nights of performances and 3 days of Hip Hop academics. Including films (sponsored by H2O), lecture panels and workshops (such as the TYH Crew) from prominent people in the International Hip Hop community. It will take place the weekend of Friday March 30th-Sunday April 1st. All of the weekend’s festivities are geared towards educating and celebrating Hip -Hop as an international culture and as a unifying factor across diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The city of Hartford will be welcoming artists from Africa, Europe, Latin America, Australia and the Caribbean. This is an event not to be missed!!!

Within the festival World Up will be sponsoring a Women in Hip Hop Panel on Sunday, April 1st from 1-3pm.
The discussion will revolve around: How is hip hop helping or hurting international roles of women? Different cultures see and define different roles, how has the new strength and popularity of hip hop changed or held those roles back? International artists, activists, and educators, (including Oliva of Las Krudas and Monifa Bandele of Change The Game & Black August Hip-Hop Project) will weigh in for some very interesting dialogue. Stay posted for those details.

We are still booking for our World Up spring tour! Get your school on the list. Read more HERE

World Up is Proud To Announce its 2007 Tour!!

Music, more then any other art form provides a synthesis between cultures around the world. Taking a close look at the music being created in all corners of the globe it is clear that Hip-Hop has emerged as the voice of young people internationally. A beat, a melody, a rhyme, a pop or a lock, can be felt beyond the confines of spoken language. It is with this fuel for thought that World Up is proud to embark on its national tour. Bringing artists together from as far as Iraq and Haiti, and as close as New York and Canada, this tour, in addition to being the first ever, national global hip hop tour, promises to be an exciting look in to the commonality felt through hip-hop.

To view the press kit click HERE

For booking inquiries please contact eric@worldup.org

WORLD UP is proud to sponsor the Launch of:
Ruas De São Paulo: A Survey of Brazilian Street Art

Thursday, 15th February
8-11pm
@ Hiro Ballroom, 363 W. 16th St. (@ 9th Ave.),
NYC
21+
Free Brazilian Cocktails from 8-9
Free Giftbags

Featuring:
artists Boleto, Fefe, Highraff, Kboco, Onesto, Speto, Titi Freak, and Zezo.

DJ Greg Caz of the Brooklyn Beat

No Cover

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Click for show Poster HERE

Check out the gallery show @: Jonathan Levine Gallery
529 West 20th St., 9th Floor

for more information check out the IMEEM
or call: 212.243.3822

Available Now!!!

World Up is proud to present our first ever mixtape!!
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM THE WORLD UP WEBSITE

Maga Bo is a DJ/Producer based in Rio de Janeiro. Maga Bo has collaborated with MCs and musicians from all over the globe and is fantastic example of how people all over the world are redefining Hip-Hop for themselves. Not only has he worked with and recorded many of the Hip-Hop Stars in brazil ( Marcelo Yuka, Mr. Catra, B Negão, Pavilhão 9), he has worked and recorded in Senegal, Morocco, South Africa, and India (to name a few). This mix is heavily influenced by the sounds of South African Kwaito, the Grime music of the UK, as well as the Baile Funk of Rio’s favelas and Ragga Dancehall sounds of the Brazilian reggae/hiphop scene…..
WORLD UP!

WORLD UP PRESENTS:
Maga Bo Mixtape Release & Benefit party!

Saturday, 6th January
9:00 PM
@ Winston Unity Center, 235 W. 23rd St, Btwn 7th & 8th Aves, NYC
Trains: C/E or 1/9 to 23rd Street

Featuring:
Narcy (IRAQ), Beenchoumy (HAITI),
OKAI (BK/HAITI), La Bruja (PUERTO RICO),
Pesu (JAPAN), MC Polo (ITALY), El Gambina (KOREA),
Beatboxer Entertainment (GLOBAL),
&
SPECIAL GUESTS!

DJs: Boo, Maga Bo, XXXChange

$5-10 Cover Sliding Scale

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Click HERE To Read the Press Release.

More Info…

World Up!

We’ve got lots going on! In addition to the upcoming Bling and Blood! Event we are cosponsoring, we are happy to announce the January release of our mixtape.

There will be a release party and benefit for World Up on January 6th. The Party will benefit World Up and help us with raising money for our festival and educational programming in 2007. It will also be a chance to celebrate the release of the first World Up mixtape which will have a January release. Holding things down for the Party and the DJ behind the mixtape, will be our good friend Dj Maga Bo, a DJ/Producer based in Brazil. Maga Bo has collaborated with MCs and musicians from all over the globe and is fantastic example of how people all over the world are redefining Hip-Hop for themselves. While heavily influenced by Brazil, he has worked and recorded in Senegal, Morocco, South Africa, and India (to name a few) and is sure to blow some minds with his mix.

World Up is also hard at work planning the 2nd Annual Trinity International Hip Hop Festival. Last years event was a huge success bringing together members of the hip-hop community from all over the world. The energy at that event was incredible and a ton of networking was done. The 2007 festival slated for March 30-April 1st guarantees to be even better. Expect more information on the festival in the coming months.

We hope to see you soon!

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January 6th:

World Up Benefit Party and PreRelease Party for the first World Up mixtape! The Party will benefit World Up and help us with raising money for our festival and educational programming in 2007. It will also be a chance to celebrate the release of the first World Up mixtape which will have a January release. Holding things down for the Party and the DJ behind the mixtape, will be our good friend Dj Maga Bo, a DJ/Producer based in Brazil. Maga Bo has collaborated with MCs and musicians from all over the globe and is fantastic example of how people all over the world are redefining Hip-Hop for themselves. While heavily influenced by Brazil, he has worked and recorded in Senegal, Morocco, South Africa, and India (to name a few) and is sure to blow some minds with his mix.

January 6th
Henry Winston Unity Center
235 W 23rd St, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10011

9pm- 2am
$5-$10 sliding scale, no one will be turned away

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!Bling & Blood! – December 16th 2006,
Lava Gina, 116 Ave C (Btwn 7th & 8th) NYC
Doors 6:30pm – Show 8:00pm
F Train to 2nd Ave, L Train to 1st Ave

Music As A Weapon is the concept behind a NYC musical benefit event series starting on Saturday December 16, 2006 presented under the theme Bling and Blood!

WORLD UP! is proud to sponsor an event organized for NAH WE YONE and hosted by WANLOV THE KUBOLOR in conjunction with LAVA GINA WORLD MUSIC. The event takes places at Lava Gina, New York’s original world music lounge, starting at 8 p.m., and will feature hip-hop, afro-beat, and various other genres from around the world. Bling & Blood is co-sponsored by World Up.org, Liberation Lab.com, and Fusicology.com.

This is a FREE event featuring LIVE performances by some of the most well-known and loved performers in their respective communities: WANLOV THE KUBOLOR (GHANA/ROMANIA VIA CALI), SHEBA (ETHIOPIA & THE ISLANDS VIA BK), JUGGLA (NEW JERSEY), CHOSAN (SIERRA LEONE VIA LONDON AND BK) plus GIBRIL THE AFRIKAN (GHANA/SIERRA LEONE VIA NEW JERSEY).

World music selectors for the evening are DJ KOFI OBAFEMI AND DJ FUNMI!

Lava Gina will donate a percentage of the bar’s proceeds to Nah We Yone.
There will also be a raffle, so do not forget your business cards!

Nah We Yone, Inc. (NWY) is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps rebuild the shattered lives of refugees, asylees and asylum seekers from the African Diaspora who have been forced to flee their native countries and who ended up in the New York Metropolitan area.
Since its inception, NWY has provided culturally sensitive, multi-faceted supportive psychological and social services to over 400 war and trauma survivors through programs aimed at easing the difficult transition to life in the United States.
Please visit - www.nahweyone.org

For More Information On The Artists visit:
www.myspace.com/wanlov, www.myspace.com/jugglamusic,
www.myspace.com/therealsheba, www.myspace.com/chosan1,
www.myspace.com/gibrildaafrican

Ebenezer Bond founded World Up in 2004 after spending two years living and working with Hip-Hop artists in South America.

World Up is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the general public about international cultures and issues that affect the global community through Hip-Hop and its related musics. Through our ongoing events, educational programming, and our annual music festival, we are actively promoting diveristy and tolerance through Hip-Hop culture.

World Up is run by a group of volunteers who come from diverse backgrounds and cultures but share a deep love for Hip-Hop and how it is being used as a tool for social and political change.

Come support the future of the global Hip-Hop movement and join us at some of our event…

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