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Sellassie + Special Guests

Sellassie: Hip Hop Artist, Social Justice Activist, Event Producer
www.sellassiefrisco.com

Creator & Host of The Rap Contest. Since 2010, TRC is a live competition series.

Member of the #Frisco5, a 17-day hunger strike that ousted SFPD Chief due to department police brutality and racial bias issues.

The Rap Contest creator, host and producer Sellassie, is the worlds first higherground hip-hop artist; he is a social justice activist, entrepreneur, event producer and pioneer. He has carved his niche as a leading progressive voice in hip-hop and as a force in bringing independent artists together. With an acclaimed and award-winning debut release, Im Tryin to Make a Livin Not a Killin, this trendsetting emcee has garnered a street level buzz with a fresh perspective.

Sellassie is proof that there are young black artists that can make music that is creative, street, positive and smart. He is also the creator, producer and host of the Independent Artist Series, The Rap Contest, We All We Got and Undiscovered Tour. Producing over 200 shows in the last seven years in over 20 cities nationwide, the series have distinguished themselves as premier outlets for independent artists. He is also working with many social, political and youth based initiatives, and is a contributor to various special projects including the film, It Doesnt Cost Nothin to Dream. Sellassie is grounded; a confident and refreshing emcee in an industry plagued with commercialism, materialism, negativity and drama. Sellassie utilizes his music and events as a vehicle for social change and inspiration, and he regularly states that he wants to be in the history books, not the pop charts.