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  • September 20, 2009
    Now Available: THE NARCICYST - S/T CD

    THE NARCICYST - S/T CD (2009)
    Paranoid Arab Boy Music/Stereotypes Inc.

    Featuring border breaking tracks such as “P.H.A.T.W.A.,” and other earth shattering bangers like “Sumeria” and “Hamdulillah.”

    Now available in the EMERGENCE Store.

  • September 2, 2009
    The Emperor's Clothes

    The Emperor's Clothes (Detroit, San Francisco, Palestine, 4 mins)
    Directed by Maha Bazzy and Wesley Taylor
    Score by K-Salaam and Beatnick
    Footage by Vanessa Huang and Al Jazeera Creative Commons Depository Poster artwork by Melanie Cervantes, Faviana Rodriguez, and Jesus Barraza
    Produced by EMERGENCE

    In January 2009, Israel launched an assault on the Gaza Strip, causing massive damage to civilian infrastructure, killing more than 1,300 Palestinians and wounding 5,300. Israel has held Gaza under siege, controlling the borders, air and water space, preventing even the most basic humanitarian goods from entering.

    The Emperor’s Clothes is a call to action. One of the most effective strategies we can pursue right now is boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel, as we demand an end to Israel's 60-plus years of occupation and war on Palestinian life.

    Read lyrics for The Emperor's Clothes and read about the making of this track at the EMERGENCE Travel Agency

  • September 2, 2009
    People Not Places

    People Not Places (Detroit, New York, Palestine, 12 min)
    Directed by Iqaa The Olivetone
    Score by Vaughan T (LABTECHS)
    Produced by EMERGENCE and Palestine Education Project

    This docu-music-video is based on the song of the same name by Invincible featuring Abeer and Suhell Nafar (DAM). Invincible plays two characters in the video: a Birthright Israel tour recruiter, styled as a used car salesman; and herself, subverting the recruiter’s mission by exposing the buried Palestinian significance of each location in the tour.


    Invincible exposes the process of historic and continued colonization of Palestine as being even deeper than land seizure and ethnic cleansing, but one that attempts to erase the indigenous language, culture, and memory of Palestinians.

    Intertwined with the music video are interviews that expose how Zionist claims to a Jewish “birthright” to Palestine have come at the expense of the Palestinian Right of Return to their indigenous land. These interviews show how the Right of Return of Palestinians is interconnected with the resistance of occupied and displaced refugee communities globally, from Turtle Island to Puerto Rico and beyond.

    People Not Places is featured on Invincible's ShapeShifters album, available in the EMERGENCE Store.

    Read lyrics and explanations for People Not Places and view related interview videos at the EMERGENCE Travel Agency.

  • August 14, 2009
    Prepare for takeoff – EMERGENCE Travel Agency

    INVINCIBLE LAUNCHES EMERGENCE TRAVEL AGENCY (ETA), WORLD’S FIRST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP TRAVEL AGENCY

    ETA is Unlike Any Travel Agency You Have Experienced

    Prepare for departure - the world's first Hip-Hop travel agency, EMERGENCE Travel Agency (ETA), takes off this week. ETA plans to offer an inside glimpse into some of the world's most overlooked and least understood destinations.

    Founded by Detroit-based Hip-Hop artist Invincible, and her label EMERGENCE, ETA aims to make travel accessible to all people who choose to travel or move, as well as the right to stay where they already live.

    For rates as low as a monthly Internet connection, ETA's travel agents will provide Hip Hop and media-based resources for people to make informed choices about travel. ETA will provide opportunities for you to become an agent of travel.

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    ETA? Right Now.
    www.EMERGENCEtravel.net

  • June 27, 2009
    Documentary on Seattle perfomance by Invincible, Sabreena da Witch, Toni Hill, and DJ Bgirl

    Check out this video by Angela & Scott Macklin capturing a recent performance in Seattle featuring Invincible, Sabreena da Witch, Toni Hill, and DJ Bgirl. The film features interviews and performances by the artists. Invincible discusses the stories behind her songs "People Not Places", "ShapeShifters" and "State of Emergency."

  • May 23, 2009
    "People Not Places" video sneak preview on Playlist (Al Jazeera English)

    The Al Jazeera English music program Playlist offers a world premier sneak preview of Invincible's "People Not Places" video, off of the ShapeShifters album. This episode of Playlist asks the artists featured on this season who they recommend to be profiled on the show. Invincible's "People Not Places" is showcased on the recommendation of Palestinian rap group DAM.

    The DAM/Invincible feature comes in at 5:35.

    "People Not Places" exposes the process of historic and continued colonization of Palestine as being even deeper than land seizure and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but one that is invested in erasing the indigenous language, culture, and memory. The video features Invincible with Suhell Nafar (DAM) and Abeer. It was directed by Iqaa the Olivetone and produced by EMERGENCE Media.

    Purchase Invincible's ShapeShifters in the EMERGENCE store.

  • May 20, 2009
    Slingshot Hip Hop DVD now available in EMERGENCE Store

    “The culture of hip hop and rap is at its most powerful and yet its most tender in Slingshot Hip Hop” - Chuck D, Public Enemy

    “Engaging look at a fascinating Arab subculture” - Variety

    “Profoundly uplifting… It’s a refreshing take on the conflict” - NOW Toronto

    Sundance Film Festival Official Selection and winner of five audience awards, Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.

    Narrated by Suhell Nafar of DAM. Directed by Jackie Reem Salloum.

    NOW AVAILABLE IN THE EMERGENCE STORE.

  • May 15, 2009
    Al Jazeera English works with EMERGENCE Media on Detroit documentary

    The current episode of Fault Lines on the Al Jazeera English network looks at "the collapsing auto industry in Detroit and explores the effect on this once thriving American city." EMERGENCE Media consulted on the development of this episode, especially Part 2 which focuses on the resilience, resistance and sustainable solutions being built in the city.

    More info about "Despair in Detroit" produced by Fault Lines for Al Jazeera English:

    As the US auto-industry continues to teeter on the verge of collapse, Fault Lines visits Detroit - Motor City - which, understandably, is one of the hardest hit places by the downturn.

    But this is not the first time the Michigan city has faced hardship.

    Even before the financial crisis exploded, Detroit had the highest home foreclosure rate in the country.

    It also has highest unemployment rate of any major US city and in the auto sector alone, one in three jobs has vanished since the recession began.

    In Washington, president Barack Obama's auto task force is re-engineering the fates of General Motors and Chrysler, and the millions of people who depend on their survival.

    Avi Lewis meets the people who live with the consequences of the deals struck in the nation's capital.

    Watch Part 1 and Part 2 of "Despair in Detroit":

  • April 21, 2009
    Ropes (Invincible feat. Tiombe Lockhart)

    The third music video off Invincible's acclaimed ShapeShifters (2008), "Ropes" addresses the often taboo subject of depression and suicide.

    After being accepted by mtvU, the station's standards department axed the video citing how its "suicidal undertones would be problematic" for a college audience. Ironically, Invincible and Tiombe's intention with the song is to speak openly and boldly about the prevalence of depression in our communities. With suicide being the third leading cause of death amongh 15-24 year-olds, "Ropes" aims to break the pattern of turning a blind eye to metal health issues, and to begin the process of healing.

    "Ropes" was shot at Coney Island's Astroland on a cold, dreary and rainy day. Rumor has it that historic Astroland will soon be razed to the ground and developed into unaffordable lofts or condos, so this footage is visual preservation as well.

    "Ropes" is written and performed by Invincible featuring Tiombe Lockhart over a beat created by Knowledge. The music video is directed by Mr. Complex and the vlog intro was shot by Iqaa the Olivetone and edited by Wesley Taylor.

    "Ropes" is featured on the ShapeShifters album, available in the EMERGENCE Store.

  • April 21, 2009
    Invincible & Finale freestyle

    Check out this Invincible and Finale freestyle at the Homeland Hip Hop event in Brooklyn. DAM, Rebel Diaz and DJ Oja also performed the show.