This Year, Hip Hop Congress is proud to announce its 2009 National Conference to be held in SEATTLE, WA. With a bubbling hip-hop scene easing it’s way on to the national radar, Seattle provides a prime location. The conference will focus on practical “do it now” solutions to create social and business progress for the hip-hop community and the communities it was born from.

In the spirit of coalition building and community Support, Hip Hop Congress has partnered with such local groups as the Umojafest P.E.A.C.E. Center, Dope Emporium, Seattle Hip-Hop Youth Council, 206 Zulu, Global Fam, Oseao Music Group, B-Girl Media, the Bassmeant, Mothers Outreach Movement, Reclaim the Media, Urban Teachers Network, Silicon Valley DeBug, Hip Hop Without Boarders, 2nd Nature and other local organizations and collectives. The conference will be hosted at a series of neighborhood institutions in the Central District of Seattle.

The conference will provide tools for independent artists and entrepreneurs to develop the hip-hop economy as well as harnessing hip-hop has an effective solution to education and youth development in the face of youth violence crisis and school closure featuring workshops and trainings in Digital Distribution, On Line Marketing and Promotion, Hip Hop and Education Programming and Civic Engagement.

::Workshops::
Filmmaking
Artist Management
Digital Distribution
Urban Organizing/Teaching
plus more!

::Film Screenings::
"The New Muslim Cool" SPECIAL FEATURE
"The Beat" feat. Rahman Jamaal, 2003 Sundance
"Masizakeh" a documentary film by Scott Macklin about hip hop & education in South Africa.

::Special Guest Artists in attendance::
Akil of Jurassic 5
The Jacka of Mob Figaz
Raashan Ahmad of Crown City Rockers
Toki Wright
and more...