Mark Pulido exchanges notes with WAVE's Jerome B Smooth at the premier of
Mark Villegas' short film "Lyrical Empire" in the States.
Mark Villegas' short film "Lyrical Empire" in the States.
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At the premiere, I also had a chance to catch up with Mark Pulido, who has been down with the hip hop scene since the early 1980s as a popper and a DJ. Not as immersed in the hip hop scene anymore, Mark is currently in the political and policy scene, working hard for the Cerritos/Artesia community (Los Angeles County). In the early 1990s, he was central in advocating a Bambaataa-like (in my opinion) union of hip hop culture and gangs (during this time Filipino American gangs were becoming more notorious) in order to facilitate peace and promote cultural expression.
Here are some of his reflections on Lyrical Empire and the potential for greater Fil Am and Philippine concord:
Did the film Lyrical Empire change any of your impressions of the hip hop scene in the Philippines? What new things did you learn?
The film confirmed my view that Hip Hop is truly global in scope and that Filipinos in the Philippines, like Filipino Americans, are skilled, creative practitioners of the art, music and culture of Hip Hop. The film exceeded my expectations by the speed and dexterity demonstrated on the mic by the MCs who effortlessly went back and forth between English and Tagalog.
CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE HERE.
At the premiere, I also had a chance to catch up with Mark Pulido, who has been down with the hip hop scene since the early 1980s as a popper and a DJ. Not as immersed in the hip hop scene anymore, Mark is currently in the political and policy scene, working hard for the Cerritos/Artesia community (Los Angeles County). In the early 1990s, he was central in advocating a Bambaataa-like (in my opinion) union of hip hop culture and gangs (during this time Filipino American gangs were becoming more notorious) in order to facilitate peace and promote cultural expression.
Here are some of his reflections on Lyrical Empire and the potential for greater Fil Am and Philippine concord:
Did the film Lyrical Empire change any of your impressions of the hip hop scene in the Philippines? What new things did you learn?
The film confirmed my view that Hip Hop is truly global in scope and that Filipinos in the Philippines, like Filipino Americans, are skilled, creative practitioners of the art, music and culture of Hip Hop. The film exceeded my expectations by the speed and dexterity demonstrated on the mic by the MCs who effortlessly went back and forth between English and Tagalog.
CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE HERE.
2 comments:
right on Bong!
what you think about a global Filipino Hip Hop Summit? one day, 'tol. one day.
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