Kickstarter revolution

By Adrianne Jeffries 2/10/11 4:09pm

Please, for the Love of Hip Hop, Donate to This Man’s Kickstarter Project

Tahir Hemphill is building a database of rap lyrics layered with metadata and location. The Hip-Hop Word Count, he calls it.

From his Kickstarter proposal:

“The idea to build the Hip-Hop Word Count came out of having hundreds of heated and passionate discussions about rap music: Who was the best rapper of all Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 1/26/11 6:33pm

Kickstarter revolution

Sundance Announces Collaboration with Kickstarter

Kickstarter sent the first crowd-funded film to the Sundance Film Festival this year with Matthew Lessner’s The Woods, about a group of anarchist 20-somethings who abandon civilization and move to the forest.

Kickstarter is primarily a way to raise money, but the platform has become a way to build an engaged audience even before creating Read More

The New York Observer

Kickstarter revolution

Please, for the Love of Hip Hop, Donate to This Man’s Kickstarter Project

Sundance Announces Collaboration with Kickstarter

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