M1
“Hip Hop and the History of the Black Panther Party”
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Gold Student Center Multipurpose Room
Dinner at 5:30 PM
Lecture at 7:00 PM

M1, aka Mutulu Olugabala, is evidence of the resurgence of political action in the Afrikan (Black) community. As one of half of the fully automatic rap duo dead prez, M-1 and his partner stic.man have been hitting hard with albums like Let’s Get Free, Turn Off the Radio Vol.1, Turn Off the Radio Vol.2: Get Free or Die Trying, and RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta. He also organized and became the local president of the Brooklyn Chapter of the National Peoples Democratic Uhuru Movement and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. In addition, Olugabala has worked with Friends and Family of Mumia-Abu Jamal, the Hands Off Assata organization, and participates in the annual Black August Celebration.