[youtube id=”ytyUo_jBsIc”] Talib Kweli and 9th Wonder’s video for “These Waters” from their Indie 500 album, gives the most camera time to the song’s featured collaborators. 9th Wonder is absent from in the clip and Talib Kweli does not become visible until the end of the video. But NIKO IS, Chris Rob, Jessica Care Moore and K’Valentine all take control of their moments in front of the camera lens as they rap vigorously about survival. Talib Kweli and 9th Wonder’s Indie 500 is out now.

The Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts will take place August 3rd in and around Artist Village Detroit (17340 Lahser, Detroit, MI 48219). Poetess Jessica Care Moore, Tunde Olaniran, hip-hop duo Passalaqua and Sean Blackmen’s Sin Hielo will perform at the event.

Sidewalk Festival of The Performing Arts Full Schedule:

Temple Of Dreams

·3:00 Detroit Theater Company ·3:30 Detroit Slam Team· 4:00 Sky Covington · 5:00 Dawn Xiana Moon + Lee Na Mo · 5:30 Tunde Olaniran · 6:30 Cold Men Young · 7:30 Sin Hielo · 8:15 Passalacqua

Blue Dance Courtyard

·3:00 Kristi Faulkner Dance 4:00 Heritage Works 4:30 Jungle Statement w/ Sky Covington · 5:00 James Cornish Free Arts Trio · 5:30 Ms. Chantal · 6:00 Big Red Wall · 7:00 thingNY · 8:00 Lisa Lamarre + James Cornish · 8:45 Art Lab J

Art Alley

·3:00 Flint Dance Collaborative 3:30 Maya + Quant Stovall ·4:00 Alexa Dexa + Kevin Mccoy · 5:00 I Stay · 6:00 Homeless Hero 7:00 Hardcore Detroit · 7:30 Jessica Care Moore · 8:00 Hardcore Detroit

Experimental Garden

·3:00 A Host Of People ·4:00 Detroit Theater Companey 4:30· A Host Of People ·5:00 A Host Of People ·6:30 Radical Child

Petite Courtyard

· 4:00 – 8:00 Upended Teacups

Parangoles Playhouse (through the petite courtyard)

·3:00 Parangoles Playhouse Workshop 6:00 Contact Improvisation Workshop ·6:30 Parangoles Playhouse Workshop 6:30 Radical Child

Artist Village Theater

·4:00 Remote Control Tomato

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Jessica Care Moore’s Black Women Rock took to the stage at the Detroit Institute of Arts tonight and paid tribute to Betty Davis.Tamar Kali, Yahzarah, Steffanie Christian and Jessica Care Moore took turns with their own songs and material from Davis.

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Talib Kweli just posted this track today about the misguided ideas of a brown girl and Jessica Care Moore ends the song with a comely poem that still recognizes the humanity of the subject.