LOUD BASE NIGERIA | SUPPORT ‘AFRICA FIRST’ HIP HOP COMMUNITY

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hip-hop-induction-lagos?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow‑1

Loud Base is a power­house of pro­mot­ing the four ele­ments of Hip Hop in Africa. Our goal is to sus­tain the pos­it­ive devel­op­ment of Hip Hop cul­ture in Africa. Our mis­sion is to re-birth Hip Hop in Africa by encour­aging and empower­ing young prac­ti­tion­ers of HipHop cul­ture and bring strong aware­ness and excit­ing moments for lov­ers of Hip Hop to appreciate.

Our VAL­UES:

ACHIEVE­MENT
INSPIR­A­TION
OPPOR­TUN­IT­IES

Loud Base was formed in Niger­ia in 2018 with the pur­pose of com­mit­ting Afric­an Hip Hop prac­ti­tion­ers to value the home-based plat­forms that pro­mote their Art. In 2019 Loud Base became act­ively involved in enga­ging, net­work­ing with and con­nect­ing pro­fes­sion­al Hip Hop prac­ti­tion­ers around the world to help cre­ate a focus in Africa and imple­ment viable and bene­fi­cial con­tents in and from Africa. The main pur­pose is to give young Afric­an Hip-Hop prac­ti­tion­ers a good sense of achieve­ment, inspir­a­tion and motiv­a­tion, and to cre­ate oppor­tun­it­ies for them to build suc­cess­ful careers and live pro­duct­ive, ful­filling lives.

We have done this by:
·      Provid­ing pro­fes­sion­al tutors, in Africa, in the dia­spora and from around the world to engage in dance and music exchanges, facil­it­at­ing work­shops and competitions
·      Facil­it­at­ing oppor­tun­it­ies for dan­cers and musi­cians from vari­ous coun­tries and con­tin­ents in the world to con­nect with and par­ti­cip­ate in the var­ied and diverse Afric­an Hip-hop scenes
·      Cre­at­ing an ‘Afric­an first’ Hip Hop Con­fer­ence to con­nect grass­roots and estab­lished prac­ti­tion­ers and organ­isa­tions across the con­tin­ent and in the dia­spora to come togeth­er and inter­change ideas on how to devel­op Hip Hop in Africa.

After a year of plan­ning, Loud Base suc­cess­fully organ­ised the first annu­al ‘Hip Hop Induc­tion: Afric­an Hip Hop Fest­iv­al’ from July to Septem­ber 2020. This was no small feat. Hav­ing secured nearly all the neces­sary fund­ing through spon­sor­ships and part­ner­ships, the Cov­id-19 glob­al crisis hit; ven­ues closed, inter­na­tion­al artists could not attend and we lost the major­ity of our fund­ing. Show­ing our fight, spir­it and the strength of our com­munity, we per­severed, moved the fest­iv­al online and produced:

·      A glob­al Hip Hop dance com­pet­i­tion with 100 dan­cers com­pet­ing from their homes in 12 counties

·      The first ever End of Weak MC Chal­lenge held for Nigeri­an lyr­i­cists. This com­pet­i­tion brought Niger­ia into a glob­al com­munity foun­ded in New York City that has been run­ning for 20 years, has chapters in 20+ coun­tries on 5 con­tin­ents, and has been co-signed by the likes of Lupe Fiasco, Immor­tal Tech­nique and KRS One.

·      A glob­al build­ing ses­sion with Hip Hop prac­ti­tion­ers and organ­isa­tions through­out Africa, in the dia­spora and around the world, net­work­ing, dis­cuss­ing and con­nect­ing to con­tin­ue push­ing Afric­an Hip Hop for­ward through the next dec­ade and beyond.

Des­pite the adversity we faced, not only from Cov­id-19 but also from the pres­sures that led to the nation­wide #End­SARS cam­paign, ‘Hip Hop Induc­tion 2020’ was a huge suc­cess. We plan to con­tin­ue this great work into 2021, begin­ning with our first event (live in Lagos and online glob­ally) in March 2021, and aim­ing to build towards ‘Hip Hop Induc­tion 2021’ this summer.

Thanks to our amaz­ing part­ners and with the sup­port of our glob­al com­munity, we raised enough money to fund Hip Hop Induc­tion 2020 and real­ised the power of crowd sourcing and of our glob­al com­munity. The love and sup­port we received was incred­ible; we see that people really value what we are doing, and we aim to con­tin­ue doing it, improv­ing the lives, careers  and oppor­tun­it­ies avail­able to all the incred­ible dan­cers, emcees/beatboxers, dee­jays, graf­fiti writers and liv­ers of Hip Hop cul­ture across Africa.

We know and appre­ci­ate that it is a dif­fi­cult time for many people across the world right now. With that said, we feel that Africa and the world, per­haps now more than ever, need the prin­ciples that Hip Hop stands for and Loud Base is foun­ded on; peace, love, unity and hav­ing  fun, people power, each one teach one and com­munit­ies help­ing them­selves and each oth­er to improve the lives of those who make up the com­munity. Please become part of our glob­al Afric­an Hip Hop com­munity and give wheth­er you can to sup­port the growth and devel­op­ment of Afric­an Hip Hop.

The GoFundMe page can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hip-hop-induction-lagos?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow‑1

Along­side money we will attempt to source from spon­sor­ship, the money you send will be spent on:

·      Ven­ue hire (with full online stream­ing capabilities)
·      PA Hire
·      Designing/building the stage/set, includ­ing mater­i­als and labour
·      Prize money for com­pet­i­tion winners
·      Mer­chand­ise to use as prizes for com­pet­it­ors con­tin­ue fund­ing our projects
·      To pay cam­era people, video­graph­ers, graph­ic design­ers, per­formers and co-ordinator

Any­thing left will be put dir­ectly into our cam­paign for our next event, as we con­tin­ue to work towards our main fest­iv­al event in sum­mer 2021.

If you are a com­pany or organ­isa­tion that shares our ideals and would like to donate funds, equip­ment, prizes (e.g. cloth­ing, records, hard­ware) or some­thing sim­il­ar, please feel free to con­tact as to dis­cuss part­ner­ship oppor­tun­it­ies. We love to find and con­nect with people and organ­isa­tions that share our vision.

Every­one in our Loud­Base team deeply appre­ci­ates your sup­port. So many of us do this work for free, out of pure love for Africa, Niger­ia, our com­munity and Hip Hop cul­ture. We look for­ward to wel­com­ing you into our community.

Thanks, Love and Blessings!