CULTURAL NUGGETS

Gonna cut off my main man Bobby Weiszy with this quick oh shit! interruption. The Hip Hop Theatre Festival, which I didn't know existed, just hipped me to this awesome sounding thing:

Hip-Hop Theater Festival kicks off with DEEZ NUTS, a workshop production in honor of the highly acclaimed underground rap duo the Beatnuts, written by long time music writer Sacha Jenkins, co-conceived with noted promoter Peter Oasis. Deez Nuts explores the rich musical legacy of the Beatnuts through the performance of their tunes by the maestros themselves; Deez Nuts also canvases the sights, smells and characters of their native Corona, Queens. A fellow Queens-ite turned journalist, on a fact-finding mission, returns to the old neighborhood in order to meet group members Psycho Les and JuJu. This journey not only nets cultural nuggets about the Latino duo and their surroundings, but crucial observations about self and the state that created hip hop.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/eve/1385402044.html (slightly more info)