KRS-ONE: HOME AGAIN FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Twenty years ago, hip hop artist/activist KRS-One wrote an inspiring op- ed in The New York Times “A Survival Curriculum for Inner City Kids,” in which he address ed the city’s failings to take care of its most ne ed y; in the article, he also mention ed how he’d spent many of his formative years in the 1970s in homeless shelters around the city and was essentially an auto-didact, who ed ucat ed himself in public libraries.
Fittingly, 20 years later, KRS-One will be aligning with one of his former shelters, The Bowery Mission, this Thanksgiving to serve meals to thousands of the City’s homeless. And as a further testament to his self- ed ucation, KRS-One has just releas ed his second book, “Gospel of Hip Hop: First Instrument,” an 800-plus-page spiritual manual for citizens of Hip Hop Kulture.
The Bowery Mission and KRS-One will serve meals to over 3,000 people at the Mission at 227 Bowery (between Prince and Rivington Streets) from 8 AM – 7PM on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2009.
