Hip Hop Hoodios @ The Note, HotHouse

Realizing the Dream: Latinos, Blacks and Jews celebrate the vision of Martin Luther King Jr. through Hip-Hop.

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On the weekend preceding the commemoration of the life of this century’s most revered civil rights leader, a set unique Hip-Hop concerts will bring together African-American, Latino and Jewish musicians and audiences for a show of diversity of which the late civil rights leader literally dreamt.
The performers include two bands whose rosters alone might achieve that feat. Making their Chicago debut is the Latino-Jewish band Hip Hop Hoodios, whose name is derived from a twist on the Spanish word for Jew, or Judio. Drawing on their dual Latino-Jewish heritage, Los Hoodios combine the vitality of Latin alternative music with American-Jewish culture for fun-filled, trilingual mayhem.
Led by Josue Noriega, the four band members have roots in Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Mexico as well as Jewish culture. Using a mix of live instrumentation and samples, they meld Hebrew with merengue and layer Jewish-themed rhymes atop salsa rhythms to create tracks like "Havana Nagila" off their CD, Raza Hoodia. The band features members of several acclaimed Latin alternative bands, including La Barranca and Jaguares. Samples of the band’s music are available on its website, www.hoodios.com.
Joining the Latino-Jewish ruckus onstage are Organic Mind Unit, a Chicago-based ensemble that has been gathering acclaim of its own. They recently opened for hip hop pioneers De La Soul in Denver and have drawn strong crowds at their local performances, during which they use lyrical intellect and live instrumentation to bring hip-hop to new heights. Organic Mind Unit’s three African-American and two Jewish musicians don’t tout their ethnic makeup, but occasional lyrical references are made to certain cultural cues, according to band member Dan Weiss, aka Verbal Kent. Samples of the band's music can be found at www.organicmindunit.com
The events are part of Kfar Jewish Arts Center’s music series, Tzitzit: Voices from the Jewish Fringe and are sponsored by the Alliance of Latinos and Jews and the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs

Appearing:
January 18 at The Note, 1565 N. Milwaukee in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood
sponsored by Jewish Council on Urban Afairs.

January 19 at The HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo in Chicago's trendy South Loop neighborhood
sponsored by Alliance of Latinos and Jews.

Tickets: $15 on secure ticketweb.com

Presented as part of KFAR's concert series