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Public Enemy puts spotlight on Skid Row Downtown Los Angeles with RAP giveback Festival
January 26, 2012 12:00 am EST

Chuck D and Public Enemy,and other acts bring attention to downtown LA homeless district with a politically charged free show.

The positive energy from the historic "Operation Skid Row Music Festival" from 1/15/2012. The outdoors event took place at 6th and Gladys Ave.

The more than four hour-long event RAP Giveback with participants included Public Enemy, Kurupt, King T, Egyptian Lover, Nipsey Hussle, Mellow Man Ace and Zzyzzx, Sir Jinx and General Population, Yo-Yo, OG Kid Frost, Lady of Rage, LA Posse, Breeze, Rapper's Rapp Group, Ronnie Hudson, X-Clan, Freestyle Fellowship, Stylistik Jones, Medusa, MASK featuring Money-B from Digital Underground, Knowledge and more.

Skid Row artists included Twin- Skid Row Flowing, Unkal Bean, the Skid Row Players aka the Skid Row drummers, Skid Row Unit, College Division and of course Crushow!

This is a moment in time that our community should be extremely PROUD of because on this day, it was "cool" to be from Skid Row! Let's all keep building so that we can collectively hold our heads up for many more days, weeks and then years!

Special thanks to Pete White and LA CAN, and Skid Row's General Jeff for making this event possible!

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