Kesta Happening DC, Maracuyeah, SOAWatch, Mas Paz & Templo Sonico partner to bring you a night of hip hop, movement, cultura and baile!
Performing Live:
Olmeca - bilingual hip-hop artist Olmeca has been featured on NPR, Democracy Now, tv show “Sons of Anarchy” and most recently, the documentary, “Food Chains,” to name a few. He is an MC, producer, activist and one of the few artists who broke ground as an artist and advocate for human rights. He earns praises from the World Famous Wake...
Kesta Happening DC, Maracuyeah, SOAWatch, Mas Paz & Templo Sonico partner to bring you a night of hip hop, movement, cultura and baile!
Performing Live:
Olmeca - bilingual hip-hop artist Olmeca has been featured on NPR, Democracy Now, tv show “Sons of Anarchy” and most recently, the documentary, “Food Chains,” to name a few. He is an MC, producer, activist and one of the few artists who broke ground as an artist and advocate for human rights. He earns praises from the World Famous Wake Up Show (MTV Sway and Tech) a show that catapulted the careers of Eminem, Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5, amongst others. Listen to his music here: https://soundcloud.com/olmecaofficial
Salvajes –is classic, gritty, boombap type of Hip Hop with a mix of cultural, bilingualism, and political commentary. Salvajes is comprised of Joese Gloria, Mic Hempstead, IllNes Infection, Alpha Ready, and DJ Clouded Daily . They represent the Savage, the SALVAJES, which was once a word to describe our people as uncivilized and wild but now it is a word that describes their passion, love and skill in their lives and in the current state of HipHop. Listen to their music here: https://soundcloud.com/salvajes
La SalvadoReina- la reina is determined to bring together the better of her two worlds through music: the culture her immigrant family left behind in El Salvador and the new one they embraced in the DMV. Her plight is to save the party, one Cumbia at a time. Listen to her music here: https://soundcloud.com/cindy-zavala
Leon City Sounds - Two Selectors from Washington DC and Lima, Peru that love - Roots Reggae, Dub, Ska, Cumbia, Chicha, Fusion. Juaneco y su Combo and King Tubby at The Controls! All Vinyl!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes…they scratch all vinyl!!! Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/leoncitysounds
Community partnership / sponsorship: Maracuyeah DC- underground tropical music amor! www.maracuyeah.com
GEMINI Season is approaching and the Twins are coming out to play! Come celebrate La SalvadoReina’s (aka La Mujer De Azul) BIRTHDAY with some of DC’s baddest DJs and hip-hop acts coming all the way from California, OLMECA y SALVAJES!!! We are gonna party underneath the stars…so calling out all the zodiacs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces…come dance all night!
