Hip-Hop
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Hip-Hop Chess honors Black History!
For Immediate Release: PR Contact: Meko Gaborski, (323) 335-4497 gaborski@shinkenpublicrelations.com Hip-Hop Chess Federation Teams with Top Rappersto Celebrate Black History Month HHCF Brings San Quinn & Balance to Speak to Youth About Overcoming Life’s Challenges February 25, 2008 San Jose, CA – Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) founder Adisa Banjoko will…
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Hip-Hop Chess Queens Invitational
Coming in April! Hip-Hop Chess Federation All-Queens Invitational San Francisco, California, USA https://www.hiphopchessfederation.org
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Another HHCF Video
Adisa Banjoko told me that the media has taken a keen interest in his movement. BET will be dropping a report soon on the event and his All-Queens Invitational hopes to be even bigger. Media coverage of the October 13th event is still filtering out to the public, but Banjoko…
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RZA wins HHCF’s Kings Invitational!
RZA holds up the HHCF championship belt after sweeping the tournament 4-0. Hip-hop legend “Popmaster Fabel” presents the belt while Adisa Banjoko (co-founder of HHCF), IM Josh Waitzkin and Rakaa Iriescience applaud. Photo by Daaim Shabazz. The 1st Kings Invitational was a magnificent event. Adisa has come a long way…
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HHCF kicks off Kings tournament on October 13th!
Inside Bay Area https://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_6986670 The Chess Drum https://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_HipHopChess8.html [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUj5cFAACBs[/youtube]
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Michigan’s answer to violence: Hip Hop Chess?
Another version of “Hip Hop Chess”? After a spate of killings in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area, the city is looking for ways to channel the energy of the youth during the summer months. Darlene King has devised an idea that she dubs “Hip Hop Chess.” Sound familiar? When I…
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Hip-Hop Chess Federation releases theme track!
Adisa Banjoko, the co-founder of the Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) told me yesterday about tracks written with a chess theme. One of the tracks is an upbeat rap done by TKash and is dubbed as the anthem for the HHCF and it mission of exploring a fusion between chess and hip-hop. It’s tight! Banjoko has…
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Chess and Hip-Hop Culture
GZA of Wu Tang Clan Chess has been perceived as the game of the “nerds,” the term for a person characterized as a socially-detached genius. Of course, chess suffers from this image problem in that much of the international community writes chess off as an esoteric game that they could…
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