{"id":1614,"date":"2017-03-23T23:51:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T23:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/historyblog\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2017-03-23T23:51:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T23:51:21","slug":"members-of-trinity-community-travel-to-russia-for-hip-hop-cultural-exchange-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/historyblog\/2017\/03\/23\/members-of-trinity-community-travel-to-russia-for-hip-hop-cultural-exchange-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of Trinity Community Travel to Russia for Hip-Hop Cultural Exchange Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by: Molly Thoms \u201917<\/p>\n

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US Delegation with High School Students in Togliatti, Russia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hartford, Connecticut, March 20, 2017 \u2013 This year will mark the 12th annual Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival, an event that brings to campus hip-hop artists from around the world and seeks to educate members of the Trinity and Hartford communities about hip-hop culture. In preparation for the festival, which will take place from April 7 to 9 and will feature headliner MC Lyte, two members of the Trinity community involved in planning the festival recently visited Russia for a week-long program called \u201cUnder the Curtain: USA-Russia Hip-Hop Cultural Exchange,\u201d sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.<\/p>\n

Camryn Clarke \u201917 and Seth Markle, an associate professor of history and international studies who teaches a global hip-hop cultures class and serves as faculty advisor to the Hip-Hop Festival, spent a week in February visiting the cities of Moscow, Belgorod, and Togliatti. They were accompanied by four other delegates from the United States: Khaiim Kelly \u201902, aka Self Suffice the Rapoet, a hip-hop emcee, author, educator, and consultant for Trinity Chapter of Temple of Hip-Hop\/Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival; John Manselle-Young, aka Tang Sauce, a Hartford hip-hop artist and musician who served as the host of the 11th Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival in 2016; Tiger Luangpraseuth, aka B-Boy Tiger, a hip-hop artist and world renowned breakdancer and educator from East Hartford; and Greg Schick, executive director of World Hip-Hop Market and coordinator of Nomadic Wax.<\/p>\n

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