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Since 2009, Hip Hop Is Green (HHIG) has been a health & wellness leader through our live events which includes the Hip Hop Green Dinner and 10th Element of Hip Hop Symposium & Concert. We represent a health and wellness movement that informs, inspires and introduces new products and ideas to youth and families in urban areas. We are pioneers in this new Green Age of Hip Hop and we make being healthy cool to young people. Hip Hop encompasses an entire culture that goes beyond music. Hip Hop is the world’s most popular genre and art form, simultaneously influencing politics, social issues, culture and society as a whole. We focus on raising consciousness through positive messaging that resonates with youth and Hip Hop fans of all ages. For the younger generation Hip Hop Culture is a powerful force and by moving Hip Hop in a “green” direction, ultimately the world will move in a green direction.
 
HHIG’s team of artists and performers use Hip Hop to speak to youth and spark positive change in their lives. For the past two years, we have the distinction of producing the first nation-wide plant based Hip Hop tour in history and have impacted the lives of thousands of people.
 
The Hip Hop is Green team would be honored to partner with you. Together we can galvanize our youth and communities and achieve the goals of vibrant health for the planet and eliminating preventable diseases caused by poor diet and sedentary lifestyles.
Saturday, Oct 7| 5pm| Main Stage

Presented by Keith Tucker

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Keith Tucker – Founder of Hip Hop is Green

Health Activist, Film Maker, Radio Host, Journalist and Speaker

Keith Tucker has been a committed community activist and businessman for over 20 years. He has worked hundreds of businesses, youth groups and community organizations throughout the years. He has worked with many icons in the entertainment business as a promoter, activist and culture builder.
He spearheaded protests against the stereotyping of Hip Hop artists and mentored many youth over the years. He received the Martin Luther King County Executives Award for Community service, the African American Achievement Award, the Keep it Fresh award and the 2015 Jefferson Award and is responsible for the first ever Hip Hop Health day.

 

In 2008 Keith hosted his own radio show (the Keith Tucker Show) and subsequently embarked on a documentary film project entitled “Pursuit of a Green Planet” where he learned to live his life as a vegan. On his first research trip he visited the Seattle Vegfest and tasted vegan food for the first time. This experience was the catalysts for him to start to serve free plant based meals to the youth in the community and bring Hip Hop performers to entertain and educate a new generation through Hip Hop culture.

 

So in 2009 he held the first Hip Hop Green Dinner in history. Since then he has produced Hip Hop Green Dinners around the country and assembled the largest team of Hip Hop artist and educators in the world all with the goal of bringing health and wellness to youth and families. In 2015 he was the architect of the Hip Hop is Green tour, first ever national plant based Hip Hop tour in history. In 2016 he drafted the official 10th Element of Hip Hop proclamation and thus created a new element in Hip Hop, the 10th Element which is “ Health & Wellness.
Saturday, Oct 6| 4:30 – 5:30 pm| Main Stage

Hip Hop is Green

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