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8th Annual Trinity College International Hip Hop Festival: Official Trailer (2013)
Check out the latest trailer for the 8th annual Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival featuring footage from last year’s event including Native Sun, Brother Ali, Los Rakas, the Cornel West theory, Sweatshop Union and all the amazing b-boys!
Check out the performers from this year’s festival at www.trinityhiphop.com/events/
Those Amazing B-Boy/B-Girls - 2012 Videos
At the 2012 Trinity International Hip Hop Festival, DecaDanceTheatre’s Megz & Taeko perform an excerpt from an abstract hip hop piece entitled “When the Sky Breaks”.
Dead Prez to Headline 2013 Festival
The Trinity International Hip Hop Festival is happy to announce that political hip hop duo Dead Prez will be the headlining act at the 2013 festival. Dead Prez will perform on Saturday, April 6th, at the Washington Room in Mather Hall at Trinity College (300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT). The concert will also feature international stars Keur Gui (Senegal), Las Krudas (Cuba), The Welfare Poets (United States/Puerto Rico), Chromatics (Trinidad), Mandeep Sethi (India), Humanist (Burkina Faso/France), and Eprhyme (United States); hosted by Baba Israel and Lah Tere with DJ Boo and special opening set by DJ BuddhaLuvJonz.
The concert starts at 8:00 pm and is FREE, all ages and open to the public. To get in, you MUST have a valid ID or be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
8th Annual Festival Returns April 2013
The 8th annual Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival returns this spring from April 4th to 7th, 2013. Expanding from previous years, the 2013 event will have two nights of concerts, a spoken word event, b-boy battle, DMC Hartford DJ battle, a local talent showcase plus a packed lineup of lectures, workshops, panel discussions and films! Check out the full schedule for the most up to date details.
Trinity Hip Hop Festival 2011: Exhibition B-Boy Battle (El Nino vs. Neguin)
In April 2011, the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival hosted its biggest b-boy event in its six year history! Headlining the event was a rematch from the Red Bull BC One World Championships 2010 between Boston’s El Nino and Brazil’s Neguin, who ended up taking the world champion title. The event was arranged by two of the world’s largest b-boy organizations: Mighty 4 (mighty4.tv) and Zulu Nation (local Chapter 860/Underground Coalition) along with Trinity College, Nomadic Wax and World Hip Hop Market.