8/17 @ 1:30 PM: Join the Kilombo dancers and drummers march from Praise House to Decatur Square
8/17 from 2 PM – 10 PM: RSVP for the Festival
8/16 @ 6:30 PM: RSVP for the Screening of Greenwood is Still Burning
Hosted By: Queen Sheba
Or BETHSHEBA A. REM is a 2024 Grammy Nominated Artist in the Spoken Word-Poetry category, and was the featured Poet on Track 11 for Robert Glasper’s Grammy Nominated Album ‘F*Your Feelings.’ Born in Detroit, MI, living in Atlanta, GA since Aug 2005, Sheba is the Founder of Poetry vs. Hip-Hop, the acclaimed touring stage show, has performed in over 300 colleges & universities, toured in 11 countries, has an MFA in Poetry from Queens University of Charlotte and studied abroad in two countries. You can’t hold her.
Poppa Ellis
(5:30-6:00 PM)
Dashill Smith and the Omega Unit
(Dash SunNovah Nukewolf)
(6:00-6:30 PM)
Trumpeter, composer, arranger, vocalist and producer Dashill Smith is excited to be on board for this special event. Dashill has immense roots in hip-hop, jazz, fusion, funk, soul, afro-beat, and experimental genres. He has performed extensively with the legendary Roy Ayers.Your can also see him performing regularly with a myriad of groups Including; Mausiki Scales and the Common Ground Collective, Russell Gunn’s Royal Krunk Jazz Orchestra, and Kebbi Williams’ Wolf Pack. He leads variations of his dynamic group called The Omega Level. He is also a member of a supergroup known as the Biological Misfits. A genre bending outfit that also features the iconic Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
DJ Kemit
(6:45-7:15 PM)
What do DJ KEMIT, soul singer Anthony David, President Barack Obama, and his wife Michelle have in common?
Put simply, they all appreciate good music. And as for DJ KEMIT, he’s the creator of “4Evermore,” the No. 1 Adult Urban Contemporary song that put Anthony David on the Obamas’ radar. It put David on the map, too, with his first Top 20 R&B hit.
After decades of DJing, touring the world, and moving innumerable crowds with his signature sound, DJ KEMIT’s unparalleled production chops had caught the attention of the globe’s most powerful couple.
The Obamas made the right call, too, considering how “4Evermore” burned up the radio airwaves, regularly appeared on trend-setting TV shows like “106 & Park,” and was immediately billed THE new wedding anthem for today’s generation.
Phillippia
(7:15-8:00 PM)
Dead Prez
(8:45-10PM)
In their signature guerilla take over style popularized on their Turn Off the Radio mixtape series, stic and M-1 push the conversation on reparations forward over Eric B & Rakim’s classic “Paid in Full” and James Brown’s iconic “Big Payback”, with special guest Mykal Rose from the legendary reggae crew Black Uhuru.
Payback is a powerful mixtape gem for the people as the dpz prepare the official single release for their forthcoming full length dead prez album, early 2024.