South Asians in Hip Hop
Snapshots from Indian-American history
this month, that year
April 17, 2008
– A poster
advertises the conference
HipHopistan in Chicago, Illinois.
HipHopistan, the “Land of Hip Hop,” featured performances, discussions, and workshops with South Asian American artists such as Abstract/Vision, MC Kabir, Chee Malabar, Yogi B & Natchatra, and DJ Rekha. The conference was sponsored by the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, the Chicago Opera Theater, and the Association for Asian American Studies.
Alice Itty is a volunteer for the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). She currently works for the Alliance for Downtown New York. This column’s material is from SAADA. https://www.saada.org/.
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