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Article: Hip- Hop MaDISOn- STYLe
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- Isthmus
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- November 25, 2005
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A GUIDED TOUR OF THE CITY'S EMERGING SCENE
On Nov. 4, dozens of local hip-hop artists, activists and high school students came together to put on The Fantastic Five, a hip-hop play, to a packed Wisconsin Union Theater. The play featured break-dancers, emcees, capoeiristas, drummers and much more; it was beautiful to see this kind of large-scale cooperation between so many different people from so many different communities. It was also a fitting symbol of Madison's vibrant, talented hip-hop scene. Hip-hop heads in Madison are actively engaged in both creating great art and making a difference in their community, not to mention shattering the stereotypes that so often accompany hip-hop.
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