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Washington, D.C. July 7, 2009 Hip Hop Theater Festival proudly presents VOICES REMIX: A People's History of the United States with a cast of local capital area artists and celebrated national Hip-Hop artists, novelists, and activists, including: Regie Cabico, Staceyann Chin, Michael Ealy, W. Ellington Felton, Lupe Fiasco, Walter Mosley, and, on the turn tables, DJ Earth 1ne, with Dave Zirin narrating the evening. Follow Voices on Twitter and get exclusive backstage photos from the show! After last year's sold-out show of VOICES REMIX at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, featuring Tim Robbins, Staceyann Chin, Suheir Hammad, Michael Rapaport, and DJs Bobbito and Reborn, Voices and Hip Hop Theater Festival decided to team up again to come to the nation's capital. This event is FREE and open to the public thanks to the sponsorship of the Hip Hop Theater Festival and the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This evening event on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, will take place starting at 6:00 PM at the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center for the Performance Arts in Washington, D.C. Directions and ticket information: VENUE INFORMATION The Kennedy Center is located on the banks of the Potomac River at 2700 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20566, at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, NW, and the Rock Creek Parkway. For detailed directions and information on parking, please visit the Kennedy Center website here. TICKETING This event is free and open to the public with all seats general admission. There is NO registration for tickets (as previously announced on this site) and everyone will be seated on a first come, first served basis. We expect a queue to form at 5:00 PM and doors will open at 5:30 PM. There will also be a live feed of the performance into the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center for guests who cannot get a seat inside the Terrace Theater.

So the question of the week for me has been, "Why did you cut your locs???" Well its been a long 12 years for me. I got married in my locs, I gave birth to my children in my locs, I buried my son Divine in my locs, lost everything in my locs, was done totally wrong by people I love and respect (I've removed myself from their company) in my locs and got a divorce in my locs. It was time. Your hair holds a lot of energy good and bad. There were alot of things I just had to let go. I also have seen a lot of disrespect of the culture of locs. EVERYONE has them but don't know the history behind them nor did they do any research on them. I was told that a young man started growing locs so he could get girls!?!? Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I have no regrets. I love my new look. I feel refreshed. One last thing..if there was never any change there wouldn't be any butterfies!

Labor Day Party Weekend
By: Miss Kris
This past weekend was jammed packed with parties. I'm pretty sure you got an invitation to either a cookout or party so you know exactly what I mean. Being the end of the summer and with no work on Monday, it seemed like everyone everywhere was partying, so I decided to do a little partying myself. With some much to choose from I just decided to party hop! I have not had so much fun in such a long time, I had a ball.

I started the night at the Play Lounge in NW Washington, DC. This was my first time at the Play Lounge and I must say I was impressed. The theme of the night was "I love the 90's", so you know the DJ was playing all the old jams. The 90's definitely has its place in musical history as far as I'm concerned. Everyone was dancing and having a good time. The vibe in the room was reminiscent of a homecoming dance. Not to mention that it was free for ladies, this is always a plus. . This event was organized by A.C.T. Productions | JCM Entertainment | J&K Productions.

To my surprise, the next party was directly across the street at Andula. This was also a first for me. The End of Summer Hip Hop Party was jumping and not to mention FREE for everyone all night long. DJ Earth 1NE had everyone on their feet. The party was just a house party. It was good to see familiar faces in the place, Enoch the 7th Prophet; I know he was enjoying himself. I could not do anything but bop my head the entire time as Earth gave us the best in Hip Hop Music. Right at midnight, she gave a tribute to Tupac Shakur, playing all his hits for about 25 minutes straight, and then followed it up with none other than the Notorious B.I.G. You can't have a hip hop party without two of the best in the game. I will definitely be attending more parties DJ'ed by Earth 1NE.

To close out the night, I hopped in my car and headed to Adams Morgan to a spot, Chief Ike's. Longtime high school friend and brother, DJ Beezy was on the ones and twos. The spot is located on Columbia Road, at the top of Adams Morgan. By the time I got there, the party was already in full affect. This we really like a reunion for me. I got a chance to see some of my high school classmates and party with them before bringing my night to an end. Keep a look out for DJ Beezy. He's new on the scene but his parties are always something to experience.

Overall, I would have to say, that the night was not a disappointment at all. I got to party absolutely free. It was much more fun than I had anticipated and actually restored my faith in DC nightlife. Keep in mind it's not always about the BIG clubs. Most times, the really party is in the small spot right in front of your face. Did you have an interesting Labor Day Weekend? Tell us about it. Visit canwetalkradio.net and give us your story!

Wayne Frost, 44, pioneering break dancer

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Wayne Frost, 44, pioneering break dancer

By JULIE BLOOM
New York Times News Service
Published on: 04/04/08

NEW YORK — Wayne Frost, a hip-hop pioneer known as Frosty Freeze who helped inspire a worldwide break-dancing craze in the early 1980s as a member of the influential group Rock Steady Crew, died on Thursday in Manhattan. He was 44.Jorge Pabon, who uses the name Pop Master Fabel and is the vice president of the group, confirmed Frost’s death, at Mount Sinai Medical Center, saying it followed a long illness, which he did not identify.

Frost was known for his acrobatic and daredevil moves. One that he created involved a flip in the air that ended with Frost flat on his back. He called it the Suicide.

Frost began attracting wide attention in 1981, when his picture appeared on the cover of The Village Voice with an article by Sally Banes titled "Physical Graffiti: Breaking Is Hard to Do."

He was then featured in early hip-hop music videos, including Malcolm McLaren’s "Buffalo Gals," and performed in films about hip-hop culture, including the groundbreaking 1983 documentary "Style Wars" and the 1983 feature film "Wild Style." But it was his appearance in the 1983 hit movie "Flashdance," with Jennifer Beals, that brought him recognition around the world and helped introduce break dancing to mainstream popular culture.

At the time, break dancing, or b-boying, a daring and complex dance form that grew out of the streets of the Bronx and Harlem in the 1970s, was one element of the emerging hip-hop culture, which included graffiti, rapping and DJs scratching and mixing vinyl records on turntables.

Break dancing had its own terminology and was composed of two basic elements: top rock, involving upper-body movement, and floor rock, involving footwork. A b-boy dance phrase finishes with a freeze, hence the name that Frost adopted.

"He was not only an amazing dancer but a daredevil," Pabon said in an interview Thursday. "The moves he did were really super high-risk. He had these signature moves and swagger, this really classy b-boy swagger, that made him extremely unique."

In 1983, The New York Times wrote of him: "Frosty (Wayne Frost, when not dancing) is well-known in the world of break dancing, the current preoccupation in New York’s discotheques and clubs. He is lean-faced and limber, with a wisp of a beard. Had he been born two generations earlier, he might have been the king of boogie-woogie, or a jitterbug virtuoso."

The Rock Steady Crew was founded in 1977 in the Bronx and gained international attention throughout the ’80s as its members, including Frost, Pabon, Crazy Legs, Ken Swift and others, toured and performed. The Crew was honored at the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors in 2004 and celebrated its 30th anniversary in July with a reunion and performance.

Frost also appeared in two more documentaries about hip-hop culture, "The Freshest Kids" (2002) and "5 Sides of a Coin" (2003).

He is survived by a brother and two sisters.

"Frosty was one of the most charismatic b-boys that was ever around," said Benson Lee, who directed a 2007 documentary about break dancing, "Planet B-Boy," in which Frost appeared. "He embodied the purist spirit of b-boying. He had so much fun with it."