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DESCRIPTION:UCR Department of Music\nWednesday@Noon via Zoom Performance\n\
 nMikal Amin                                   \nAntidote to C.O.V.I.D. (Cre
 ating On Video In Distance)\n\nDana Kaufman\, coordinator         \n\nHip H
 op Emcee\, Interdisciplinary Artist\, Educator and Curator Mikal Amin share
 s music\, message and his experience as we navigate the current pandemic. \
 n\nMikal (also known as The Hired Gun) performs a catalogue of conscious\, 
 fun and timely music reminiscent of native tongue and rawkus era records\, 
 interspersed with anecdotes of his time as US State Department music Ambass
 ador\, touring artist\, and educator in NYC.\n\nOctober 14\, 2020\nWednesda
 y\, 12:00-12:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time\n• Zoom\n\nPlease register in ad
 vance for this event: \nhttps://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpdOyrrjgtE9
 eP4DoWkzJT3t7eYnJcgTqL\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmati
 on email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\nMIKAL AMIN A/
 K/A THE HIRED GUN \nMC/Educator/Essayist/Curator  –  Roots. Truth. Culture.
  these three words sum up global master of the craft\, Mikal Amin. An artis
 t\, emcee\, educator and scholar recognized worldwide from the U.S. State D
 epartment\, to Columbia University to the University of Dortmund in Germany
 \, to the ciphers of New York City\, Mikal’s reputation as emcee\, and teac
 her is all-world. His black bohemian boom bap music has touched the ears\, 
 moved the hearts\, and expanded the consciousness of crowds on five contine
 nts. Always seeking and searching\, a new style griot who continues to spre
 ad love\, the message and the mission. His latest album (released under his
  Indy imprint "Fresh Roots")\, "The Passport" reflects his global Hip-Hop c
 ommunity as he features alongside musicians from seven countries.\n\nA cult
 ivator of the culture\, he's the co-curator of the highly popular “Word. So
 und. Power.” the exclusive springtime Hip Hop/Spoken Word performance at th
 e Brooklyn Academy of Music.  Also a scholar and essayist he is published i
 n the journal “Word Beats & Life” and co-editor of “Hip-Hop Language Arts: 
 Thematic Textual Analysis” on Street Smart Press. Recently\, added to the e
 ditorial board for the Equity and Excellence in Education\, a peer review j
 ournal at the University of Amhersts\, he's taught\, lectured and written a
 bout Hip-Hop pedagogy and anthropology at the African Diaspora Conference i
 n Brazil\, The Shoko Festival in Zimbabwe\, The University of Dortmund's “H
 ip-Hop” school and numerous other American colleges and universities.\n    
        \nPhoto credit: Hollis King\n\nInformation: \nperformingarts@ucr.edu
   music.ucr.edu\n______________________________________\n\n• The Wednesday@
 Noon Series offers concerts\, lectures\, and presentations of academic rese
 arch by Department of Music faculty\, postdoctoral researchers\, students\,
  and international guest artists and scholars. Dana Kaufman\, coordinator.
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SUMMARY:UCR Music Wednesday@Noon Performance by Mikal Amin. "Antidote to C.
 O.V.I.D. (Creating On Video In Distance)"
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