Education

The Watts Prophets® are dedicated to sharing their knowledge and talent through appearances and documentaries in the areas as follows:

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EVENTS: WATTS PROPHETS & LAST POETS (February 24,2012)

http://www.stillwatersevents.com/still_waters.html

A Partnership in Aesthetic Education

Sponsored by the

Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

"Three different economic and social level High

Schools brought together in harmony by the Watts Prophets®"

(sharing how the Arts inspired them to deal with potentially divisive issues (of the 1960's), and

how they were inspired to use Rap a positive form of communication.)

Watts Prophets® EPK "Masters of the Rap Art Form"

Watts Prophets® Literary workshop with youth of El Cajon

DJ Flash (Rap Documentary)

In 1971, too. Like, Rappin' Black In A White World.
"Yeah, they was going hard. I remember the song "Hello Niggers." That was a hell of a song on there, you know what I'm saying? They just had a hell of a bass sound to it, the piano, it symbolized what we were going through in America as African Americans at the time, and this was a very, very strong record, and I'm glad that you brought this, Nard, 'cause this is a piece of history that people need to know about."

Nardwuar and Snoop Dogg Video

World's longest performing "Rap" group™

(Click Links below for Stories)

One definition of fine art is "a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness. (Rap a literary art form - Hip Hop it's culture)

Streetwise hip-hop poets find their voice (UCLA)

Prophets decry racial inequality (USC)

Why haven't the Watts Prophets been to UCLA?

'I see what we do as physics.' - David Sefton (UCLA)

The Urban Poetics Reading Series at the UCLA Hammer Museum

UCLA Live Presents Hip-Hop Pioneers the Watts Prophets

Trio of Watts Poets help build self-esteem in troubled youth

Without fine arts there are no fine minds

What you're listening to: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubs

Watts Writers Workshop: by Jeff Chang

Gil Scott-Heron: a voice of the revolution

History of the Field