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Davey D is a journalist, a Hip Hop activist and he teaches a class on Hip Hop culture and politics at SF State. He is also the curator of one of the oldest hip hop sites, Davey D’s Hip Hop corner. He joined Music Vox host, Jesse Menendez on the line to talk about his recent article, Hip Hop Songs You Should Know As We Celebrate Black History, which looks at songs that promote self-awareness and acknowledgment that Black History is World History.

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In this episode: We begin our 2013 season of the show with discussions surrounding the new Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained. Many have praised this film as one of Tarantino’s best, while equally as many have denounced the film for the way it plays with slave history, and its excessive use of racial slurs and violence.

The second part of the show is an extended mix by legendary DJ Steve Miggedy Maestro.

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