A3C Hip Hop Festival Blog

2010 A3C Artist Spotlight: Hezekiah

Written by Mike Walbert | Oct 5

Hezekiah is performing on Saturday, Oct 9th on the Jakprints stage @ 10:15pm

From the man’s whose scrappy come up began in ‘93 with the legendary Roots crew, Hezekiah is the evolution of conscious rap, if with hood sensibilities. The urban sounds of Conscious Porn are in the vein of Beanie Segal and Native Tongues, even a dash of NWA can be found salting Hezekiah’s musical cauldron. This mystical hip hop revolutionary is coming hard with Conscious Porn to claim the hearts and souls of all hip hop heads for a noble cause: the liberation of self, family, culture, and community.

A movement maker, Hezekiah’s also the director and founder of the Beat Society, a producer collective and interactive experience (www.beatsociety.com) that gives a much needed spotlight to hungry indie producers with that Midas touch. It’s a touch Hezekiah’s given to others time and again, now there is no more “hurry up” only to have to wait for his moment to shine; the wait is over. More than an artist, a producer, a director, a founder, a leader, a future Grammy winner, the father of Conscious Porn, Hezekiah is the truth whose time has finally come and this time all will know him.

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