Native Stars is a collaborative project between youth hip-hop, rap, dj, spoken word, and social practice young adult artists of the Hirshhorn ArtLab Noise Factory: Navorro "Moochie" Brown, Troy "Chill" Gray, Marquis "Mars" Gray, Stephanie Metts, Stephon "DJ KS" Moses, Renee Stinson, Joe "Hitman" Waker, Andre "Jus Dre" Williams, and Noise Factory production mentor Jon Williams and visiting artist Kate Clark.

Between January 6th and January 12th, conversations, songs, ambient sounds, beats, and interviews were recorded in South East DC and the ArtLab sound studios, and mixed to form a soundscape. These collaged raw documents serve as an ethnography, tribute, historiography, and self-portrait of a new generation of sound artists and residents of South East and North East Washington DC.

On January 10th, 2012, at 6:45 pm, Navarro “Moochie” Brown, a Native Stars contributing artist was shot to death in South East DC, shortly after leaving the Hirshhorn Art Lab. This work serves as a testament to his bright spirit and solid creativity that was ended far too early.

press: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/visual-audio-exhibit-broadcasts-anacostia-voices-via-online-radio/2012/01/17/gIQALv5CEQ_story.html
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/22616.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+washingtonian%2FAfterHours+%28After+Hours%29

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