[VIDEO] Rappers from the Middle East and North Africa Perform at BAM

International Music and Politics in Brooklyn from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo.

On Friday March 8, Hip Hop artists from the Middle East and North Africa performed in front of New York high school students at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). The artists address social issues and promote democracy and freedom through their music. The Brooklyn Ink staff talked to artists, organizers and concert visitors.

Production: Valerie Prassl and Yermi Brenner

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