African Son featuring Chindo Man, Songa, Wise Man, Mic Crenshaw. Recorded at Watengwa Studios, Kijenge, Tanzania as part of the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan 2015.

AFriCAN Son.(Prod Double)

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Mic Crenshaw teamed up with Theory Hazit for another classic banger. Stupid Fire beat with a timely message. Interpret the verses how you want but make no mistake about what the hook is calling for. These lyrics were written from literal life experience and visionary skill in alignment with the scope of history, the era, the epoch and where we are.  Dope artwork by Roger Peet.

The Movement

Being awake and aware will have a brother on edge. Always.
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Don't Push

#BeMyself #Crenzo #PortlandUndergroundRecording, Crenzo, #GlobalFam

Be Myself

Zanzolo with that Toytoy Hip Hop, South Africa getting it! Ft.  Mic Crenshaw

Toytoy Hiphop

Rant to the public expressing the lower base emotions in reflection of the base element that is active as fuck in society.
Photo by Kim Avise.

                              

SHYTFACED MP3

Gen. Erik and Mic Crenshaw team up for the first time since Cleveland Steamers, on the eve of an historic U.S. Presidential Election within a climate of racial injustice, mass protest, a dying economy and a global pandemic. Crenshaw reached out to the mighty Kiloriti  Maasai whom he met in Zanzibar Tanzania in 2018. Kiloriti BLAZED the hook and a verse  with his signature East African Dancehall style.

FREEDOM, Mic Crenshaw, Gen. Erik and Kiloriti Maasai

MIC CRENSHAW 
Cultural Activist

Chicago-born poet and emcee Michael (Mic) Crenshaw fell in love with music at a young age while living in Minneapolis. His teenage years were challenging as he actively confronted white supremacist gangs that were a growing part of the hard-core music scene. He eventually chose to escape the violence and moved to Portland, where he quickly became one of the most respected artists in the Northwest, and his community efforts have had both local and international impact.

In addition to his highly-acclaimed work in spoken work and Hip Hop, Mic co-founded GlobalFam, a non-profit (EducationWithOut Borders 501c3) project to create and maintain a computer center for disadvantaged youth in Burundi, Central Africa. Over 400 people have received free training, and it is now expanding, generating revenue and creating jobs. Mic also partnered with Education WithOut Borders (EWOB), which supports education, music and art initiatives in Portland and beyond and serves as an umbrella for the local Books For Prisoners chapter and GlobalFam itself. GlobalFam has blossomed into a music label, production, promotion, artist management, and education company providing mainstream entertainment that supports Social Justice Activism.

Mic has released numerous solo albums and been part of various Hip Hop projects. To his credit he has opened for Public Enemy, Immortal Technique, KRS-1, Mos Def and The Roots to name a few. Mic played the Bibo Festival in Halle Germany and the SWAG Jam in Berlin in 2015 and recently toured multiple cities including LA, (http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/dead-prez-mic-crenshaw-echoplex-6476682) Oakland and Seattle 2016 with Dead Prez. Crenshaw just returned from Trinity International Hip Hop Festival in Hartford Connecticut U.S. where he was helping to establish a U.S. college touring network for African artists who participate in the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan.

  Mic is Currently the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan and tours annually throughout Africa with African Hip Hop collectives.

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