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You’ve Heard of Hip-Hop, but What About Krip-Hop?

Krip-Hop is an international movement of disabled artists, poets, musicians, and MCs.

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You’ve heard of hip-hop, but what about krip-hop? That’s the name for the international movement of disabled artists, poets, musicians and MCs.

On this edition of Making Contact, we hear the story of krip-hop from hate mail to worldwide phenomenon.

Featuring:
Leroy Moore, co-founder of Krip Hop Nation, poet, activist, journalist;
Joy Elan, poet

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