KPFA - Hard Knock Radio

We speak with the members of Audiopharmacy

Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.

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Davey D speaks with author/journalist Mark Skillz about Hip-Hop pioneer Grandmaster Flowers (born Jonathon Cameron Flowers) was a DJ from Brooklyn, New York. One of the earliest DJs to mix records together in sequence, Flowers was one of the earliest pioneers of disco. Flowers was involved in the hip hop and funk scene and had a “formative influence” on hip hop DJs such as Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa in the mid-1970s. Although respected by those he influenced, Flowers himself never attained the heights of his successors. (https://hiphopandpolitics.com/tag/mark-skillz/)

In the second half of Hard Knock, Davey speaks with author/journalist Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Kalonji Jama Changa the founder of FTP MOVEMENT and the co-founder of Black Power Media discuss the life and legacy of Dr. Mutulu Shakur. Dr. Mutulu Shakur is a New Afrikan (Black) man whose primary work has been in the area of health. He is a doctor of acupuncture and was a co-founder and director of two institutions devoted to improving healthcare in the Black community. Shakur, who was rapper Tupac Shakur’s stepfather, died on July 7th surrounded by family in Los Angeles.

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Davey D speaks with Mark Skillz about Hip-Hop pioneer Grandmaster Flowers (born Jonathon Cameron Flowers) was a DJ from Brooklyn, New York. One of the earliest DJs to mix records together in sequence, Flowers was one of the earliest pioneers of disco. Flowers was involved in the hip hop and funk scene and had a “formative influence” on hip hop DJs such as Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa in the mid-1970s. Although respected by those he influenced, Flowers himself never attained the heights of his successors.

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Davey D speaks with Hip-Hop street legend Shirt King Fade about the early years of Hip-Hop and artistry.

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Davey D speaks with Tim Redmond, Anjanette Roberts, and Leroy Bermudez about the Dolores Park fiasco where over 100 people were arrested.

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We discuss the recent case of denying reparations for the descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.

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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.

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Davey D speaks with Cheo Hodari Coker, Quency Phillips, Domingo Padilla, and Melissa Terra Makuriwa Ulto about the pros and cons to artificial intelligence. Later we hear a speech from Michelle Alexander the author of The New Jim Crow

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Davey D speaks with Cheo Hodari Coker, Quency Phillips, Domingo Padilla, and Melissa Terra Makuriwa Ulto about the pros and cons to artificial intelligence.

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Perspectives on the meaning of the 4th of July. Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech, The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro, Mumia Abu-Jamal on “Happy Independence” and Reverend Jeremiah Wright Ph.D on God Damn America

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