The In4mation X The Bar shirt is coming soon! Stay tuned to for release date! The Bar listened to Chip Fu the entire day Kizamu, The Bar’s manager, wore three different Seahawks tops throughout the day Chel, who opens the door and calls us in at the end, is a family friend who loves this little girl: - and so do we! Our homeboy Nam made sure nobody walked through the ‘set.’ Grynch did not know we were filming a video Prometheus Brown and his wife, Chera, do their “ Food & Sh*t” pop-up restaurants regularly throughout Seattle and are looking to take it on the road soon Bambu got into a car accident a few hours before the shoot DJ Nphared and Bambu did not coordinate the missed high-five Bambu found a beer by the garbage and drank it DJ Nphared spent a portion of our video budget on walkie talkie’s to add authenticity to his role as a valet driver Kixxie flew up to Seattle and mixed Flaming Hot Cheetos with Bangus Sisig ![]() The woman in the beginning of the video is not Nphared’s Auntie Prometheus Brown was in the middle of preparing the kitchen for the pop-up restaurant (which is why he dashes off right after his verse) Prometheus Brown, Bambu and DJ Nphared had just gotten back from a 24-hour trip to Manila S/O to the festival organizers for being willing to listen and take on the challenges of being inclusive and representative of such a diverse community. Speaking of which, as I am in NO way speaking FOR the sisters, I would love for y’all to chime in. Let’s not push potential allies away without opening a forum for real conversation. As somebody from a place and time when free Hip Hop/music festivals were plentiful, I would hate for y’all to watch as I did as so many of them died prematurely or got swallowed and enslaved by corporate sponsorship… We have an opportunity to make Hiero Day a true celebration of the crew who helped put Oakland Hip Hop on the world map for years to come. I encourage the community of Oakland to support and help take ownership of this festival by not only criticizing but aiding the organizers through genuine dialog - as opposed to dismissing it and allowing it to die secondary to a fixable issue. This issue of gender imbalance is something that I’m assured will be focused on in the continuation of this festival. I’m in no way excusing or justifying this exclusion, but I am drawing that the organizers are very open and willing to build. ![]() Through a simple phone call, I found out things that happened on the back end that prevented certain artists from being able to perform that might’ve have balanced the bill a little better as well as the attempts made to book certain artists - without repeating the same bill as last year. With that said, we should always be strategic in our push. ![]() As a festival put together for the community - that is only in its 3rd year - it’s important that we voice our concerns as a community and hold folks accountable in the direction of resolve (vs. I’ve spoken to one of the lead organizers in great detail about it and I promise you that the voices have been heard. I’ve heard a lot of the criticism regarding this year’s festival’s lack of women representation and I agree. ![]() Looking forward to this year’s #HIERODAY2014! There’s a lot of work that goes into putting a FREE festival like this together and that work falls on the shoulders of only a few.
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