Video: Conscious Hip Hop in Bristol

By D-red on 3rd March, 2015

EDITION 2 | FILM | MUSIC: hip hop, politics

Local artists D-Red, Lowdose and Ben reflect on the origins, meaning and challenges of conscious hip hop.

Filmed and Produced by D-Red
Edited by Alec for The Bristol Cable

See the article by D-Red here

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