KRS-ONE, The Original Conscious Hip-hop MC, To Share The Stage With Luminaries In Venice

Los Angeles, LA (Top40 Charts/ Luminous Family Productions) - The Air Conditioned Supper Club in the Westside Los Angeles artist enclave of Venice, might be the last place you would expect a Hip Hop Summit, but thanks to Matt Diamond, of Diamond Lane Entertainment, KRS-One, the master of Conscious Hip Hop and Luminaries, the seven-piece Conscious Hip Hop collective, its going to happen.

KRS-One founded the legendary Boogie Down Productions, releasing a granite-solid 19 full-length albums. He also founded the Temple of Hip-Hop and Stop the Violence Movement, for which they received a Lifetime achievement award from BET in 2008. Temple of Hip Hop calls on all fans to celebrate Hip Hop Appreciation Week, occurring in the third week of May. It encourages DJs and MCs to teach about the culture of Hip Hop, to write more socially conscious songs, and radio stations to play more socially conscious hip hop.

Luminaries have a vast, growing fan base thanks in part because their video "Peace" was chosen by Youtube India to be the number one featured video in the weeks immediately following the Mumbai bombings. The band has been playing festival main stages and catching the attention of a wide variety of socially conscious artists including Somalian Hip Hop musician K’Naan, and Hasidic Reggae/Hip Hop artist Matisyahu who caught the Luminaries’ set at last summer’s Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa. In an inspiring moment, Joan Baez made a surprise appearance and joined the band onstage for a rousing version of Amazing Grace.

The May 20th show falls in the middle of Hip Hop Appreciation Week, and brings together KRS-One and Luminaries in an intimidate venue. The show will be a homecoming for a family of LA based poets and musicians, and bring together fans and hip-hop artists to focus on real, socially conscious change in the community and the world.
For more information on KRS-One please go to www.templeofhiphop.org.
For more information on Luminaries please go to www.luminariesmusic.com
Luminaries and KRS-One Show
Thursday May 20th
Air Conditioned Supper Club
625 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291
www.airconditionedbar.com
310.230.5343