👋 Hi friends! Tomorrow, I’ll be dropping the next installment of Mannyfesting, my paid series on turning signals into strategy through Hip Hop’s way of thinking. This one is about turning a panel or presentation into something that keeps moving after the mic cuts off.
🗽 NYSee me! I’ll be at the HipHopEd Conference this June 5-6 with a Hip Hop Can Save America! podcast popup — and also delivering the official Day One Afterparty at Aloft Harlem!
Hey, let me know if you’ll be at the conference!
I’m available for keynotes, panels, educator PDs, podcast/media workshops, consulting sessions, and custom programs for schools, conferences, nonprofits, companies, and cultural institutions — reach out and let’s build the right fit.
📽️ The Team Behind a Pro-Iran, Lego-Themed Viral-Video Campaign
Explosive News’ A.I.-generated videos have been shared by Iranian-government accounts and co-opted by No Kings protesters. A spokesperson for the group says, “Let’s face it—if truth isn’t flashy, it’s kinda lonely.”
🎶 And the winner of the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest is …
GET YA HEAD RIGHT
🧠 He Had Plans Not to See 16. Now He’s Saving Lives With a Beat
➕ RELATED: My interview with J.C. Hall
🎓 9th Wonder Graduates From NCCU Decades After Leaving School to Pursue Music Career
🧠 The hip-hop artist blending mental health and music in Hamilton
DROPPIN’ SCIENCE
🏫 La Reezy, We Do It 4 The Culture connect with New Orleans high schoolers through hip-hop
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
🛑 Late hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, who lived in Baltimore, has street dedicated to him
🎤 Atlanta hip-hop writers celebrate 10th anniversary of Facts Only Trivia
🎤 How Facts Only Trivia Cultivated a Hip-Hop Community in Atlanta (non-paywall)
🌈 Out the Archives: Exploring queer identity in Chicago’s ‘90s hip hop scene
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
🎤 The Confessions of Isaiah Rashad
The Chattanooga rapper was anointed by Kendrick Lamar at the age of twenty-two. Then his life got more complicated.
📽️ Boots Riley, Marx Brother
Boots Riley’s zany movies combine pop aesthetics with radical politics.
📽️ Michael Holman Talks ‘Graffiti Rock,’ Basquiat and Hip-Hop’s Four Elements on ‘The Almanac of Rap’
Get your copy today at www.hiphopcansaveamerica.com/book
INDUSTRY
⚖️ Prosecutors Put Rap Lyrics on Trial. Maryland Is About to Shut It Down
A new act signed by the Maryland legislature brings long-overdue limits to how prosecutors weaponize art in the courtroom
⚖️ Maryland finally recognizes hip-hop lyrics are not proof of guilt
➕ RELATED: Rap Music on Trial: Is Hip Hop a Target of Law Enforcement? Kemba and J.M. Harper from “As We Speak”
🏆 Eminem’s Infinite Vinyl Breaks World Hip Hop Record
📺 106 & Park: The CNN of Hip-hop
🎭 ‘Hamilton’ Gets First 4K Blu-ray Release in New Collector’s Edition
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN
🎨 Memphis mural celebrates hip-hop roots, youth culture
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Thank you.
- Manny
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