In the 90s he rapped as Prime and joined underground collective the Molemen. Now he’s a socialist candidate for 40th Ward alderman, hoping to unseat entrenched incumbent Patrick O’Connor.
For decades the cofounder of Louder Than a Bomb has nurtured young voices and built vital communities in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes. Now people whose lives he’s touched help tell his story.
Sonali Aggarwal champions the music's activist potential in her documentary "Whatever Happened to Hip Hop?" screening Saturday in the Humboldt Park Art Fair Film Festival.