(photo by Chad Brown)
Doors at 7:00 PM | Show at 8:00 PM
All ages welcome.
Free parking available in the lot across the street until full.
MIC CRENSHAW
Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland Oregon.
Crenshaw is an independent Hip Hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist.
Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the African HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education.
In his teenage years, Crenshaw actively confronted white supremacist gangs that were a growing part of the hard-core music scene. Mic eventually moved to Portland, where he quickly became one of the most respected artists in the Northwest, and his community efforts have had both local and international impact.
In addition to his highly-acclaimed work in spoken work and Hip Hop, Mic co-founded GlobalFam, a non-profit (EducationWithOut Borders 501c3) project to create and maintain a computer center for disadvantaged youth in Burundi, Central Africa. Over 400 people have received free training, and it is now expanding, generating revenue and creating jobs. Mic also partnered with Education WithOut Borders (EWOB), which supports education, music and art initiatives in Portland and beyond and serves as an umbrella for the local Books For Prisoners chapter and GlobalFam itself.
(photo by Jason Hill)
JONNY COOL
Jonny Cool is known galactically as Stargazer while traveling through the multiverse. Music producer, artist, and creative designer, Jonny has a smooth and soulful style with heavy Jazz influences. The experience of working with well known artists such as Kanye West, John Legend, and Rakim has helped bring Jonny to his current skill set. You can catch Jonny scoring the runway as the music director at Portland Fashion Week and more. Truly an original sound and unique style cosmically influenced by his strong ties to Jupiter.
FACE KING
Bernard Tetteh, known as Face King AkA you don't fear Face, was born in Ghana west Africa. Face King has over 36 years of experience, he started as a young boy and then went to Noyam dance institute where he received his dance Diploma, for traditional and contemporary dance while in the school, he also choreographed dance pieces and sang as a solo artist. Face King has traveled and toured around the world, Face King Energy on stage is over blowing mind, he has acquired knowledge studying under directors and choreographers like Obbo Addy Legecy Project west Africa Ghana/Portland, Oregon, Judith Jamison of Alvin Ailey Dance Company New York, jant-B African contemporary dance school Germaine Acogny Senegal. Face King currently working on his New EP music and video called SIKA which talk about the bad leadership in Africa.
