
Performances
"Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop" CD Release Launch

Performances
"Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop" CD Release Launch
In order to increase teens' awareness of the injustices Japanese Americans faced as a result of racism and wartime hysteria during World War II, the group Project J, Justice designed a booklet of historical photos and text accompanied by a fusion of music. Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop incorporates audio excerpts from the Los Angeles Hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) with hip-hop, rap, and jazz. Written by Miya Iwataki of the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations (NCRR) with music production by David Iwataki, Barbed Wire and Hip-Hop will make its public debut at the National Museum. The event will include artists featured in the original recording.