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Cora One will doing LIVE graff art this SATURDAY at 2nd Annual Womyn in Hip-Hop Gathering. Served with love.

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Maya Jupiter will be sharing creative space at the 2nd Annual Womyn in Hip-Hop Gathering Saturday, November 21st at El Centro Cultural de México. Stay ready!

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Born in La Paz, Mexico to a Mexican Father and Turkish Mother, Maya Jupiter grew up in Sydney, Australia. It was in Sydney’s Western Suburbs where she first fell in love with hip-hop.

Maya’s love of writing rhymes helped her express her fear, pain, joy and hope as a teenager and later on she realized the power music held in using it as a tool to make a positive difference in her community.

It is with this ideal that she co-founded Artivist Entertainment, an entertainment company committed to creating and supporting art and music that inspires positive social change alongside Quetzal Flores, Veronica Gonzales, Alberto Lopez and Aloe Blacc.

Maya has release two solo albums, the latest created with Quetzal Flores and Martha Gonzalez of Grammy Award winning, EastLos rock band Quetzal and her husband, singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc. The album is inspired by Son Jarocho and stays true to Maya's love of hip-hop, dancehall and soul, made up almost entirely of live instrumentation, including Mexican harp, tarima and jarana. Her lyrics are powerful, vibrant, and uplifting.

Maya’s first album ‘Today’ debuted in 2003 on Mother Tongues, the first label dedicated solely to women in hip-hop. She later performed with Latin Jazz band Son Veneno, formed a group called Foreign Heights, presented and produced several hip-hop radio shows including the national ‘triple j’s hip-hop show’ and her own ‘Black Beans, Brown Rice’ Radio show on www.radiosombra.org and was a VJ for Channel [V] Australia.

http://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/mayajupiter

From occupied Ohlone territory, Ms CHHOTI MAA will be manifesting on the mic at the 2nd Annual Womyn in Hip-Hop Gathering Saturday, November 21st in SanTana. Get there.

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CHHOTI MAA was born out of a tradition of migrants and forced by the Mexican post-NAFTA exodus her raps have roots in her grandmothers poetic recitation. She developed through poetry and got training in gospel and soul singing in Albany, Georgia. In 2007, CHHOTI MAA established herself as a rapper/singer in Richmond VA in 2007, but really deepened her freestyle & lyrical skills in Trujillo, Peru in 2010. CHHOTI MAA's music deals with decolonial living, migrant swag and reconstructing the womyn temple. CHHOTI MAA is a cultural producer-organizer, educator, bruja, writer and artist.

www.soundcloud.com/chhotimaa www.facebook.com/chhotimaa

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Vinyl selectress J-Heart will be spinning on the ones & twos at the 2nd Annual Womyn in Hip-Hop Gathering Saturday, November 21st in SanTana. If you’re down...

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J-Heart. A Dreamer, Roller Skater, Beat Junkie, Love Visionary, Long Beach born Scorpio. www.soundcloud.com/msjheart

LilyBreeze will be manifesting love thru one of hip-hop elements at the 2nd Annual Womyn in Hip-Hop Gathering Saturday, November 21st in SanTana. Come get this love.

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LilyBreeze is a freestyle dancer from San Fernando Valley. She has been a student of hip-hop culture since the age of 12. At 14, she started her professional dancing career performing and traveling the world with Versa Style Dance Company. She is a driven and passionate soul hoping to empower, inspire and bring joy to the world through her art.

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Medusa will be manifesting higher ((vibrations)) at the 2nd Annual Womyn in Hip-Hop Gathering Saturday, November 21st in SanTana. Come vibe with us… ———————————————————————————————

“In one of the rooms in the hip-hop culture house engraved on the walls” is a live account of the 1 Super Soul Sista, who has the blessing to be dubbed “the Angela Davis of hip-hop”. Starting off MCing as a 16 year old pop-locker, Medusa continues to cultivate hip-hop seeds across the country in unprecedented numbers.

The love of hip-hop encouraged her to follow higher callings than her knowing. Pop-lockin with the Groove-Atrons gave her talents a platform to win the Best Female Dancer in the 1st Hip-Hop Dance Awards at The Palladium. You will find no other who will bring it to you like this, someone’s music that makes you feel strong, proud, and encourages with the manner of ONE love. Medusa gained an even stronger fan base overseas, in the country, on college campuses across the nation, and has virtually become a guru to the underground hip-hop scene and artistic community.

She is respected and adored as a Queen to the word and power of her music and what she stands for, not just the fact that she’s the undisputed Queen of West Coast underground hip-hop. She has also received a Grammy with the band Ozomatli and LA Weekly has voted MEDUSA “BEST HIP-HOP ARTIST” two years in a row.

Medusa is also a motivational speaker, being asked to give her knowledge and opinion at colleges and seminars on the effect of hip-hop on children and women, in relations to culture and life. MEDUSA is expected to leave the rap community speechless, but revolutionize the music industry as a whole.

Wellness salute! These vegan + gluten-free protein bars are the perfect quick & healthy snack for recovery after workout. Ingredients//

2 cup gluten-free rolled oats, ground into flour 2 tbsp vegan protein powder (I used Vega Mocha protein) 2 tbsp coconut oil 2 tbsp agave ¼ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp vanilla Dash sea salt 3 tbsp dairy-free chocolate chips

Method// Stir all of the ingredients together until well combined. Mixture will become thick and bit dry. Add a splash of coconut milk if necessary.  Press the mixture into a wax paper-lined 9X13 pan to form 6 bars. Place in the freezer for about 10 minutes for bars to harden. 

To store: Wrap bars in foil and store in the refrigerator. :: On repeat “Happiness” by The Foreign Exchange ::

Vegan Mango Chia Pudding

//Ingredients

1 cup mango, diced 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk 2 tbsp chia seeds 2 tbsp agave ¼ tsp ground cinnamon 1 tbsp coconut, toasted

//Method

Blend the mango & puree until smooth. Pour the mango puree evenly into mason jars, glasses or bowls. Set in the fridge. In a small bowl, mix the coconut milk, chia seeds, agave & ground cinnamon. Stir constantly for 3-4 minutes until it becomes a thick pudding. Cover & allow to set for at least 4 hours in the fridge or overnight.

Pour the chia mixture on top of the mango puree in even portions. Serve with chopped nuts. Cover if you’re storing over 1 day, it lasts 4 days in the fridge, covered.

:: On repeat “A Little Soul” by Pete Rock ::