Join Tru Rootz on Oct 4th for our second edition of our fundraising cypher event. This event is being held to bring attention and action to the injustices towards the very communities that created this culture. Black culture birthed Hip-hop, creating one of the most celebrated and innovative genres of all time.

Your donations would go donations for two charities we believed will help these causes.

The Advancement Project: https://advancementproject.org/about-advancement-project/

NAACP Legal Defense Fund: https://www.naacpldf.org/

In this event we will be able to come together and celebrate our local community while being educated on not just our local scenes history, but the history of our culture as well.  This event does not only focus on the aspect of hip hop culture but the lives that have been lost to racial injustices and how we can contribute to the fight against the continuation of this issue.

So lets come together and learn how to not only be more involved in our local dance scene, but in our local communities as well!

Dance cyphers 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Come and get down with us on the floor!


Special Guest GrandMixer DXT 1:30pm - 2:30pm
The one and only GrandMixer DXT will be speaking about the roots of Hip-hop, cultural impact, identity, and political influence.


"Strange Fruit" dance performance 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Directed by Jefferson Pinder. Performed by Geoffrey "Toyz" Chang, Marvhe Howard, Elijah Brown, Jordan Atwater, Daquan Williams, Raquel Luster.


Dance cyphers 3:30pm - 4:00pm


This event will be outdoors and practicing social distancing due to the pandemic. For in-person attendance, please RSVP through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../tru-rootz-20-tickets...
50 person capacity. For everyone else, we will be live streaming GrandMixer DXT's speech, his Q&A session, the “Strange Fruit” dance performance and its Q&A via Instagram @trurootzdc .
Face masks are mandatory!