A National Cultural Counter Commemoration
Artists
The voices building the supply chain. Producers, poets, and movement-makers whose work is the truth.
Dead Prez
Formed in 1996, dead prez transcribed their revolutionary but gangsta ethos into anthems for change. With hard-hitting beats, stellar lyricism, and uncompromising song concepts, they earned global respect and legendary status as one of Hip-Hop’s most socially conscious voices.
Vic Mensa
Acclaimed musician, actor, and entrepreneur whose work spans music, film, and social advocacy. Founder of 93 Boyz, Illinois’ first Black-owned cannabis brand, with roles on The Chi and Bel-Air. His albums include The Autobiography, Victor, and the fully independent EP sundiata.
Medusa
Long celebrated as “the Angela Davis of Hip Hop,” Medusa is the undisputed Queen of West Coast Underground. From the Good Life Café and Project Blowed to Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive and the CalArts Hip-Hop Program, her voice has shaped generations of artists.
SETI X
Sounds of Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. A California-based Sikh hip-hop artist, educator, filmmaker, and J Dilla Music Technology Grantee. Blending ancestral wisdom with futuristic sound, SETI X creates music rooted in healing, cultural identity, and spiritual awakening.
ON/NOTICE
A Los Angeles-based duo blending socially conscious storytelling, indigenous influences, and synth-driven industrial soundscapes into a genre-bending live experience. Fronted by vocalist Mike de la Rocha alongside multi-instrumentalist and producer Alonzo Beas.
Aztlan Underground
A trailblazing fusion band from Los Angeles (Tovaangar), blending hip hop, Indigenous instrumentation, punk, and rapcore since 1990 — a powerful voice for Indigenous dignity and resilience.
LA CAN Freedom Singers
Born in the heart of Skid Row, the Freedom Singers turned the resilience of their community into anthems heard on America’s Got Talent and beyond. Art has no address — and they prove it.
Gyasi Ross
Bay Area–born, LA-based singer/songwriter blending hip-hop lyricism with R&B/Soul vocals over acoustic guitar. A 2015 NPR Tiny Desk finalist who has shared stages with Method Man and Brett Dennen.
Hand of Isis
Isis Dua (aka Hope Harris) is a Los Angeles–based visual artist whose work examines ancestral memory, cultural preservation, and the relationship between spiritual protection and lived experience.
Anaiah Muhammad
Los Angeles–born multi-instrumentalist and visual artist whose practice spans jazz, hip-hop, punk, soul, and rock — inspired by Black history, Pan-African thought, and graffiti culture.
Bolerhos With Attitude
A Los Angeles band fusing the raw energy of hip-hop with the timeless soul of Boleros — reviving vintage Golden Age Mexican Cinema songs in bold, cross-cultural live performances.
Ife Jie & Blu J
South Central LA Hip-Hop artist, activist, and scholar Dr. Ife Jie teams with LATTC student leader and producer Blu J on the BSU Anthem — a rallying cry for Black Student Unions nationwide.
Lorenzo Johnson
Producer and writer behind four Top 10 albums, two Grammy-nominated records, a platinum single, and a Soul Train Award winner — with credits including Ledisi, Big Sean, and Stevie Wonder.
Lila Hood
A Carnegie Hall violinist turned arts-access champion — three decades of bringing strings, classical music, and live performance to thousands of children through Blue Violin Classes.
Buffalo Nichols
Carl Nichols bends the blues toward fuzz, distortion, and political honesty — from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to NPR’s Tiny Desk.
DJ Big Chunk
LA-born DJ and brand marketing executive — two decades shaping modern music from Interscope to iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, and headline rooms across LA and Las Vegas.
Adam Smith
Parent, musician, and community organizer whose songs respond to the political moment in real time — from “Jerry Falwell Blues” to “On the Front of City Hall.”
Solo Hands
Welsh-born, globally raised pianist and composer blending classical, jazz, folk, and hip-hop. His Juneteenth song ‘The People’ celebrates unity, resilience, and collective action.
Chemical X
A British contemporary artist at the heart of the subcultures that shaped modern culture — from rave and Ministry of Sound to Banksy collaborations, secret one-night warehouse shows, and pioneering Bitcoin NFTs.
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