| The Gospel of Hiphop |
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| Written by RTEK/Press Release | |
| Sunday, 23 September 2007 | |
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Official word on the release of The Gospel of Hiphop by KRS-One and The Temple of Hiphop.
Wednesday, September 20th 2007 – New York – KRS ONE's latest album
project "Hip Hop Lives" (produced by Marley Marl) is a testament to
KRS's commitment to the preservation and transference of Hip Hop from
one generation to another. Everyone is well aware of what KRS ONE
stands for and what he means to the international Hip Hop community,
and this could be why Black Entertainment Television (BET) has named
KRS ONE the 2007 recipient of its "I am Hip Hop Icon Award" televised
from Atlanta Georgia this year. Also the "teacha", KRS ONE is planning the release of his third self-published book entitled "The Gospel of Hiphop"—a teacher's manual and study-guide for students and apprentice of Hip Hop's culture—sometime around January of 2008. Serious "Hiphoppas" can email their request for advance (autographed) copies of the "The Gospel of Hiphop" at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it "The Gospel of Hiphop approaches Hip Hop spiritually as well as culturally. It outlines a spiritual code of conduct capable of assisting Hiphoppas toward increased health, love, awareness and wealth. We realized long ago that in order to truly preserve Hip Hop we were going to have to preserve the Hip Hop community with an understanding of Hip Hop beyond entertainment" says KRS. Within his on-going campaign to preserve and popularize the spiritual essence of Hip Hop, KRS ONE will be teaching and expressing the principles of "The Gospel of Hiphop" at the 2007 Congressional Black Caucus in Washington D.C., The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland Ohio, the VH-1 "Hip Hop Honors" in New York and the 2007 College Music Journal convention (CMJ) also in New York. Yes, the movement continues! 
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