10th Annual UO Hip Hop Jam

Please join us Thursday November 30, 6:30-10pm, in Global Scholars Hall #123 on the University of Oregon campus for the 10th Annual UO Hip Hop Jam. We are working hard on a super fresh lineup with support from past performers and new names. This event is free, all ages, and open to the community and will celebrate hip hop music in all forms, dance, and art.

9th Annual UO Hip Hop Jam

Please join us on December 1, 6:30-10pm in Global Scholars Hall 123 (the Great Room) for the 9th annual UO Hip Hop Jam. This event is put on by 20 first-year students for you! We have a great lineup of emcees: ePP, Spinitch, Justice Gbada, Sotae`, Kunu and Andrew Kai. Our host will be K.I. Design along w/ some students from the class, and we will have live graffiti style painting by Tasko. Dance performances by Duck Street Dance Club and a breaking cipher by Flock Rock. This event is free, all ages, and open to EVERYONE! thanks to Cinema Studies and the SOMD for support here!

 

8th Annual UO Hip Hop Jam

This is a hip hop arts and culture party thrown by the Hip Hop & The Politics of Race FIG that celebrates hip hop culture: emceeing, dance, graffiti writing, DJing, and beatmaking. The Jam is organized by 20 first-year students, their FAs, and a faculty member. This year we’re featuring a talented line-up of Portland artists (Mic Capes, Jordan Fletcher,  Sotaè, Justice Gbada, MLTZR), Andrew Kai (a UO students), and hip hop dance/bboy/bgirl action from UO’s Duck Street Dance Club and Flock Rock. The event will be hosted by UO Women’s Basketball play Sedona Prince and will feature live graffiti painting by Tasko. There is an 80s/90s hip hop dress theme with prizes for flyest style.

Guest Teachers: Aquamarine & Katie J

Saturday December 5 we will launch our first ever Jamshop series from 11am-4PM PST. We have a gang of GREAT teachers who will give you insight to their techniques and styles to better develop your own, and answer some of your questions. These will all be virtual and a stream link will be on this site the day of the Jamshops. Setting off our series will be Aquamarine and Katie J at 11am with Intro to Popping.

Socials: @katiejano @aquamarine3

Bios:

Katie J:Katie Janovec is a freestyle dancer, instructor, performer and event producer based in Portland, OR. Katie has studied various dance disciplines over the last 12 years with a focus in Popping, Hip Hop, House, Modern and Ballet. She graduated from Portland State University with a degree in Child & Family Studies and a Minor in dance. Katie enjoys teaching students of all ages and has taught in schools, studios, nonprofits, rehabilitation facilities and online. Katie created the project, The Beautiful Street, to provide artistic opportunities and further visibility for the street and club dance community.

Aquamarine: Aquamarine has been popping for over ten years. A California native inspired by the Rave culture in the early 2000s. She then found Homeland, an all-inclusive community center in Long Beach California. Here she studied Popping and liquid dance. Learning from a diverse community was crucial in her development as an artist. She trained every Monday for over a decade. Along the way, She performed with many dance groups including The Boom Cats, Iron Lotus, and All The Way Live. She even joined a dance crew known as ‘Funny Bones’. She had a way of finding the right guru and the right time. Later she was inspired to share her culture and knowledge. Sonja has taught in orphanages, summer camps, and juvenile hall facilities. She is passionate about helping people find creativity through movement and dance.

Confirmed Performer: Mic Capes

On Friday December 4 starting at 7PM PST we will host the 7th Annual (virtual) UO Hip Hop Jam. Links to the livestream will be provided on this site (but we will post the performances on YouTube). We would like to introduce our confirmed performers, and here is one of our favorites: Mic Capes from Portland. (Mic performed at our 2018 Jam). Not only will Mic be performing a set at our Jam, he will be doing a one-hour workshop, “Writing Bars that Matter,” on December 5 at 2pm.

Check out one of our favorite Mic Capes songs/music videos, “Razor Tongue”: