I Used To Know H.I.M
Yasmine Dankwah (UK 2023)
24 min
A poetic retelling of the history of Hip-Hop from the perspective of a Black female until the mid-'90s and the emergence of the Native Tongues Movement. The piece features references to the 15-year-old Roxane Shante and her rap battle with Busy Bee Starski, the influence of the Hip-Hop trio The Sequence and one of the first conscious raps to exist!
An extract of this piece was featured twice on BBC Radio London to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop in 2023.
This piece was commissioned by Chronic Insanity Theatre as part of their Digital Literary Department.
Writer and Sound Designer: Yasmine Dankwah
Actor: Adelaide Banks
Director: Segen Yosef
Producer: Chronic Insanity Theatre