Last night at the Nokia Theater in New York, hip-hop artists united at the 10th annual Black August Hip Hop Project. Scheduled to appear last night were hip-hop heavyweights Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Dead Prez.
The biggest surprise was Common's appearance, whose new album was his first record to debut at number one, and is still in the top three on the Billboard hip-hop chart. He did a short set of tracks all about human struggle and potential of the people, including "Testify" and "The Corner." He opened with his latest single "The People" which kept with the spirit of Black August.
