The State – Sarah Ellis An ancient Egyptian symbol of rebirth, the scarab, now crawls along a Columbia corridor that’s been thirsting for new life of its own. A soulful family of three face passing cars from the edge of one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. Beside them, an owl is taking shape, a reflection…
Learn More at MidlandsAnchor.com Full Artist Line Up and Love, Peace & Hip-Hop Event Calendar for First Week of April Announced Presented by Love, Peace & Hip Hop (LPHH), the City of Columbia, and WellCare Healthy Connections, “World Famous Hip-Hop Family Day,” now in its fifth year, brings a new name and logo to the…
Fig Columbia A WEEKLONG CELEBRATION capped by a free, family-friendly festival on Saturday, April 8, Love, Peace & Hip Hop brings upwards of 10,000 attendees to Columbia’s Main Street each year. Attendees enjoy the best and brightest live performers, DJs, B-Boy dance crews, hip-hop visual artists, and craft and fashion vendors. ‘80s hip-hop duo Kid…
Free Times – Feb. 10, 2017 – Jordan Lawrence A few hours before the announcement, Fat Rat da Czar was a little nervous. Thursday night, Love, Peace & Hip-Hop unveiled famed late-’80s/early-’90s duo Kid ‘n Play as the headliner for its Hip-Hop Family Day, the annual Main Street block party celebrating the community-empowering spirit of the…
Fig Columbia – April 5, 2016 – Cole Connor – Four years ago, Hip-Hop Family Day planted a seed on Main Street for an annual festival that fully represents the core values of hip-hop culture. Fig Backstage caught up with Sherard “Shekeese” Duvall to learn more about how Love, Peace and Hip-Hop has expanded into a…
WACH Fox – April 9th, 2016 – Melanie Barden USC Women’s Basketball coach Dawn Staley made a special appearance Saturday at Hip Hop Family Day in Columbia. Through her “Innersole” program, Coach Staley gave ten kids a free pair of sneakers. One woman who’s three kids got shoes said, “We have 4 kids, we’re a…
PR Newswire – Mar 30, 2016 WellCare of South Carolina, a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG), is a presenting sponsor of the fourth annual Hip-Hop Family Day to be held in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. As part of its participation and sponsorship, WellCare will provide information on its Medicaid and Medicare benefits, and…
Sherard “Shekeese” Duvall, tired festival organizer that he is, can hardly contain himself. “Sometimes I wish I could high-five hip-hop,” he says. “There are so many moments over the last five years where I’ve just wanted to go, ‘Hell yeah!’ To see it doing what I always knew it could do, right in people’s faces,…
THE STATE – APRIL 6, 2016 – ERIN SHAW The early tracks of hip-hop artist Lawrence Parker, known as KRS-One, would fit comfortably into today’s music landscape. For the uninitiated, one of the rapper’s most famous tracks, 1993’s “Sound of Da Police,” lambasts police brutality and goes “The officer has the right to arrest /…
In addition to food, fun, and music Love Peace & Hip-Hop – through our partnership with Pepsi – annually donates all soda and water proceeds to two non-profit organizations that offer direct services to the community. This year’s Charity Partners are H.I.M (Hope In Christ Ministries) and Latino Communications Community Development Corporation (LCCDC). H.I.M. serves…