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New mural at 13th & Fir with muralists Rough Edge Collective

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The third mural installment at the 13th & Fir Family Housing is complete, thanks to Rough Edge Collective for the vividly alluring work!

206 Zulu and SCIDpda are amidst curation of public art at the 13th & Fir Family Housing building, a brand new affordable housing complex that provides 156 apartments designed for families of various sizes located in the Central Area of Seattle, Washington. 
 
Rough Edge Collective, a Santa Rosa, Californian-based duo MJ Lindo-Lawyer and Joshua Lawyer, have established themselves throughout the country as esteemed muralists and fine artists over the last 15 years. 

During their tenure, they connected with local emerging artists for an intimate professional development workshop, touching upon various topics of time management, artistic advancement and technical experience. 

Special thanks to Office of Arts & Culture Seattle and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods for sponsoring this project!
 
 

Hotel Accommodations

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For those who are traveling widely to attend the 206 Zulu 20th Anniversary, we are pleased to announce Silver Cloud Hotel Broadway as our hotel sponsor for the weekend of festivities. Silver Cloud Hotel is just a 5 minute drive to Washington Hall (0.9 miles) and 12 minute drive (1.8 miles) to Madame Lou’s. Please see below for booking instructions for receiving a discount on your stay. 

Information
Silver Cloud Hotel Seattle – Broadway
1100 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 325-1400

Online Booking
Link to book your room
1. Select arrival and departure dates and input the number of guests 
2. Click “Check Availability” 
3. Click “View Available Rates” for your preferred room type 
4. Click “Reserve” after reviewing rate details 
5. Enter all guest information: Name, Address, Phone & Email 
6. Comments: Provide Estimated check-in/out time, Special Requests, etc. 
7. Click “Accept cancellation policy” 
8. Click “Make Reservation” and a confirmation email will be sent automatically

Phone Reservations
Call the hotel directly at 206.325.1400 ask for the “206 Zulu 20th Anniversary” Group rate and a guest service agent will assist with booking your reservation. 

Changes
Should you need to change, cancel or update a reservation, please email desk@broadway.silvercloud.com or call 206.325.1400 “0” and one of our guest service agents would be glad to assist.

Group rates are net, non-commissionable & exclusive of lodging tax. Please note a $20.00 taxable surcharge is applied for each adult beyond double occupancy. There is a max of (4) four individuals per guestroom, regardless of guestroom type. 

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Hip Hop History Month 2023

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November has been celebrated as Hip Hop History Month in Seattle, Tacoma and throughout Washington State for well over a decade.  In the tumultuous political climate of today, the lessons present in the heritage and legacy of Hip Hop culture are more valuable than ever.

Since its genesis in Black and Brown youth subculture of the 1970s, Hip Hop has grown into an internationally embraced cultural force. As the voice of the voiceless, Hip Hop continues to evolve, inspire, and influence broader society wherever it manifests. Hip Hop and its artistic practices have persisted as important tools for self-expression, community empowerment, and social change in the face of oppressive systems everywhere.

To honor Hip Hop History Month, we are calling upon our broader community of artists, educators, organizations, and more to join us in actively exploring and carrying this legacy forward. Here are just a few ideas for how:

  • Learn more about Hip Hop history, starting in your own backyard
  • Seek/support local Hip Hop artists and indy media that amplifies them
  • Host a Hip Hop workshop, assembly or presentation
  • Spread the word on HHHM

Hip Hop History Month 2023 Calendar

Nov 4 – Seattle Hip Hop Film Festival
Nov 6 – Writer’s Bench / Soulful Mondays / Exchange
Nov 6 – Earl Sweatshirt w/ The Alchemist
Nov 8 – Travis Scott
Nov 9 – Ms Lauryn Hill & Fugees
Nov 11 – 50 Years at MoPOP
Nov 11 – Honoring Phife Dawg and Diabetes Awareness Month
Nov 13 – Writer’s Bench / Soulful Mondays / Exchange
Nov 13 – Get Skooled!
Nov 14 – Gold Panda plus Manatee Commune
Nov 16 – Bring That Beat Back
Nov 16 – Native Hip Hop
Nov 18 – Black & Brown Male Summit
Nov 20 – Writer’s Bench / Soulful Mondays / Exchange
Nov 21 – Talib Kweli
Nov 27 – Writer’s Bench / Soulful Mondays / Exchange
Nov 29 – Living Legends & Brother Ali

Contact us if you have an event to submit.

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Seattle Hip Hop Film Festival 2023

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Tickets for the fourth annual Seattle Hip Hop Film Festival are now on sale!

November 4, 2023 at Washington Hall | Doors at 5:30pm, Program at 6:00pm

SHHFF is presented by 206 Zulu & Propadata Films.

Our 2023 program will include short films from local filmmakers & beyond + a curated selection from our 2023 featured artist and filmmaker Konee Rok (Chicago Tribe). Following the film will feature a conversation and Q&A with Konee Rok.

Sponsored by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.

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SHHFF 2023 Featured Filmmaker – Konee Rok

Konee Rok is an American music video & documentary director, animator & dancer. He has done film and video work with many popular artists in hip-hop, rap music and breaking culture. Konee is a member of the breaking crew, Chicago Tribe.

As the Featured Filmmaker for the Seattle Hip Hop Film Festival 2023, Konee Rok will be curating a number of shorts that include Phife Dawg, Raekwon, DJ Aktive, Common, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Freestyle Session and more!


Seattle Hip Hop Film Festival 2023 Films

Get Away

Get Away
Directed by AKOfilm
Los Angeles, CA

Ellect – Freshest Professor

Click here to watch

Freshest Professor
Directed by Xavier Luciano
Philadelphia, PA

Starlights in the Ruin

Starlights in the Ruin
Directed by Huan-Wen Lin
Taichung City, Taiwan

Loud

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Loud
Directed by Louis L Halley, Jason Long
New York, NY

Rebels No Savage – Hello World!

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Hello World!
Directed by Alec J Gessert
Wilmington, NC

Sincere – Ric Flair Flo

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Ric Flair Flo
Directed by Salima Stanley-Bhanji
Calgary, Canada

SoulShifters

SoulShifters
Directed by Chad Ross
Oakland, CA

El Guanaco – Puget Power ft. King Khazm

El Guanaco “Puget Power” ft. King Khazm
Directed by King Khazm
Seattle, WA

Astral Trap – Hype This Sh!t

Astral Trap “Hype This Sh!t”
Directed by Will Lemke
Seattle, WA

99% is not 100%

99% is not 100%
EM Morrow feat. Cuti
Directed by Antonio “Cuti” Moreno Cutillas
Almeria, Spain

Rell Be Free – Woodz

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Rell Be Free “Woodz”
Directed by Brooke Montgomery
Seattle, WA

Who Am I

Who Am I
Directed by Christine Lakin
Sherman Oaks, CA


NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS!
The Seattle Hip Hop Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 4th annual festival taking place November 4th at Washington Hall.

We are accepting short films, 15 minutes and under, focused on hip-hop culture. This includes: Narratives, documentary, music videos, experimental, animation, and performance based films with a focus on hip-hop (Djing/Production, Graffiti, Dance, Emceeing).

Submit your film on www.filmfreeway.com/seattlehiphopfilmfestival

Early Bird Deadline: May 15, 2023
Regular Deadline: July 17, 2023
Late Deadline: August 14, 2023
Notification Date: September 11, 2023
Event Date: November 4, 2023

Presented by 206 Zulu & Propadata Films

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Seattle’s Key – You Can Do It (Official Video)

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Official Video by Seattle’s Key – You Can Do It (Official Video) © 2023 Jamla Records

Art Battle Seattle

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Art Battle Seattle – October 28, 2023

Doors @ 6:00pm / Painting @ 7:00pm
206 Zulu (Washington Hall) – 153 14th Avenue, Seattle, WA

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In celebration of the season we will be having a costume contest with prizes for 1st thru 3rd place!

Gather your best pals and prepare for an unforgettable evening of live artistry! Join us in celebrating the season with a thrilling costume contest, featuring fantastic prizes for 1st through 3rd place, all determined by audience vote.

In addition to the artistic showdown, we’re adding an exciting costume contest to the mix:

1st Prize: Win 4 tickets to the NW Regionals along with $40 in food and beverage vouchers.
2nd Prize: 4 tickets to NW Regionals.
3rd Prize: 2 tickets to NW Regionals.

Don’t miss out on this electrifying event where creativity knows no bounds, and your chance to win these incredible prizes is just a vote away!

Be a part of the fun as a spectator, or participate as one of the featured artists by applying online at artbattle.com/artists!

Art Battle Seattle is a 21+ event.

Washington Hall
153 14th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122

Website:
https://artbattle.com/events/ab2587-seattle/

Damien Mitchell, renown muralist completes installation at 13th & Fir Family Housing

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The second installment of art at 13th & Fir Family Housing is a wrap, thanks to Damien Mitchell for the absolutely stunning work!

Thank you Kitty Wu, Julie Yuan, 206 Zulu, SCIDpda and team for your leadership in helping to make it happen. Special thanks to Office of Arts & Culture Seattle and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods for sponsoring this project!

Next up: the third installment begins next week with superstar muralists Rough Edge Collective!


Rumble in SoHo: Hip Hop Epigenetics (Lower Manhattan, 1981)

Note from the editor: In our continued celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop Culture, 206 Zulu News is taking time to look at moments along the timeline of Hip Hop’s evolution, both big and small. Knowing that sometimes small instances can tell the biggest stories, staff writer Camilo Almonacid has taken on the task of looking deeper into those single moments that contain the people, places, politics, and power of day to day life in this vivid and dynamic culture. Using historic photos as prompts, this series aims to expand on these seconds and minutes, drawing out how deep the answer can be to the question, ‘what’s in a moment?’

In these first four installments, Camilo will explore the stories found in the spaces and settingsshown in this series of remarkable photographs…

Photo #3: Frosty Freeze (Photographer: Martha Cooper)

The solar winds of spring blew a vertiginous vortex of possibility.  Frosty Freeze and the Rock Steady Crew were rehearsing at Common Ground, a loft in the SoHo area of Manhattan, a day before performing for an exhibit of NYC subway graffiti. The exhibit was being curated by a sculptor and photographer named Henry Chalfant who was attempting to document popular culture in the 20th century. 

Sometime, at an unknown hour in the afternoon, The Ball Busters, a Dominican gang from 137th Street with a reputation for starting fights, walked into the loft. The residents watching were unsure if this was part of the visual anthropology or a staged performance. But the intention was evident to the ones who had come from Harlem or the South Bronx, accustomed to the wars of attrition.

One of the graff writers affiliated with Rock Steady said, “Yo, here come the Ball Busters.” Everybody knew it meant trouble. Fab Five Freddy grabbed a chair. Others ran toward the door.

The Ball Busters, like some other street gangs of the time, were determined and thirsty for combat in any form. They prided themselves on it and wanted to be famous for their territorial disputes and adversarial relationships, consistently living up to their name.  There were stories of the Ball Busters fiercely walking up to people and robbing them for their Gazelles or gold chains. They would stab, punch, and shoot, but their preference was doing stomp-outs. Tonight, for no apparent reason other than some cross town beef, somebody was getting stomped out.

In the heat of the moment, Rammellzee, a gothic futurist graffiti writer, pulled out a machete,  protecting himself from the Ball Busters who were coming toward him and his friends. 

Somebody from Rock Steady yelled, “Gun!”

And then somebody else said, “Yo, yo, let’s settle this.”

“How do you wanna do this?”

“I ain’t dancing with you,” said one of the brawly Ball Busters, chasing their adversaries out into the street.

Fortunately, on May 2nd 1981, no shots were fired, no blood was shed by a single machete, but unfortunately, the event was postponed.

Not long after, the forces of peace prevailed and the planned exhibit took place at the Kitchen, an experimental and avant-garde performance space. The show was called “Graffiti Rock” and according to the legendary b-boy Crazy Legs, this was the first time Hip Hip was presented as a culture with all four elements. While evolving and beginning to be embraced by the world, Hip Hop still gave new meaning to the popular saying, you can take the tiger out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the tiger.

Meeting of the Minds featuring Gloc 9

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Meeting of the Minds host King Khazm sits down with Gloc-9 as they reflect on his impact as a Hip Hop artist and activist from the Philippines over the last 25 years.

Meeting of the Minds creates platforms for culture, art and dialogue within diverse communities in an effort to leverage conversation as a tool for positive social growth in our region.

Hosted by King Khazm
Shot & Edited by Robbin Clemente
Audio by Azriel Balmaceda
Photography by Jay Gonzales
Graphics by Griffen Salisbury

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