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From headphones to the streets: a revolutionary goes back to Hip Hop's roots to end incarceration

From headphones to the streets: a revolutionary goes back to Hip Hop's roots to end incarceration

An interview with Atlanta abolitionist and artist Nikos

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Oct 04, 2020
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You couldn’t find Nikos, an Atlanta based artist and self-titled revolutionary, in the studio making music after May 29, 2020. Since protests popped off, he’s gone to where the people are to deliver his message. But before the masses of young people took to the streets, he met the youth where they were — in their headphones. 

“I'm thoroughly passionate a…

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