Stephanie’s View: Hip Hop Walk for Change

By Stephanie Woods Hip Hop Icon, ‘The Teacher’ Lawrence ‘Kris’ Parker aka ‘KRS-One‘, recently held a press conference at the birthplace of Hip Hop ‘1520 Sedgwick Avenue’ in the Bronx, NY. The Bronx the home of The Father of Hip Hop, Clive Campbell aka ‘DJ Kool Herc‘ to announce a historic day in Hip Hop as he implements a new strategy highly recommended to save the culture of hip hop. August 11, 2024, will be the day of several events taken place to help ‘stop the violence’ in hip hop. The theme for this new movement to save hip hop is titled, “The Violence” Conflict Resolution and according to KRS-One, the walk will be one of many future events as we continue to celebrate the culture and teach the youth of conflict resolution-the process of resolving differences positively, peacefully and ending the massive killing in ‘black and brown’ communities.  “A walk for positive change is currently in the plans.” As Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary officially comes to a close, the 51st. The anniversary will be celebrated with a bang!! A walk for positive change is currently in the plans. The walk is expected to begin in Central Park and will...