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	<title>Fulbright-mtvU Fellows &#187; Alexis Tucker &#8211; in France</title>
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	<description>Fulbright and mtvU sent five students around the world to study and promote "the power of music." Check out their blogs here.</description>
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		<title>France goes to Hip-Hop International World Championship + Interview with Vicelow</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/07/27/france-goes-to-hip-hop-international-world-championship-interview-with-vicelow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Tucker - in France</dc:creator>
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At the end of July, France will be represented for the first time at the Hip-Hop International World Championship in Las Vegas. The three French dance crews to go to the U.S. (categorized by age group: Junior (7-12) Varsity (12-18) and Adult (18+)) were selected at the Hip-Hop International France Championship held at the Casino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>48 Hours of Hip-Hop at Goom Radio</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/07/21/48-hours-of-hip-hop-at-goom-radio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Goom Radio— a 100% digital radio station that is taking storm in France and coming soon to New York— ran a continuous 48 hour episode of it’s hip-hop radio show “Explicit Content,” featuring the biggest artists in French hip-hop, rap and R’n’B. While I wasn’t able to compete with the various radio hosts who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Interview with Nikkfurie of La Caution</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/06/29/video-interview-with-nikkfurie-of-la-caution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Tucker - in France</dc:creator>
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Back in April, I interviewed rap artist Nikkfurie (aka Ahmed Mazouz) of the French hip-hop/electro group La Caution. While many Americans might not be familiar with the group’s name, millions have heard the instrumental version of La Caution’s song “Thé à la Menthe” or “Mint Tea” when it was featured in the movie Ocean’s 12. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Interview with AP from 113</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/06/09/video-interview-with-ap-from-113/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Tucker - in France</dc:creator>
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While at a taping for Glory Time TV, the hip-hop talk show hosted by our friends in the group Blackara, I met French rap artist AP who kindly agreed to do an interview for my project. Currently promoting his first solo Album, Discret, AP originally started his career in the nineties as a member of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rap Workshop at Espace Riquet</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/05/05/rap-workshop-at-espace-riquet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Tucker - in France</dc:creator>
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“They are crazy characters. They have grills… But don’t let that fool you.” 
When my friend Magee McIlvaine first told me about the group Blackara, this is how he presented them… and I think it’s pretty much a perfect description. Yes, on the outside they have grills, chains, and all sorts of “typical” rapper paraphernalia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graffiti in Paris: From the Streets of Belleville to the Grand Palais</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/04/10/graffiti-in-paris-from-the-streets-of-belleville-to-the-grand-palais/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/04/10/graffiti-in-paris-from-the-streets-of-belleville-to-the-grand-palais/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Tucker - in France</dc:creator>
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Now that hip-hop is maturing in the fields of art, activism, education and business, what are the risks of hip-hop theatre itself becoming elitist and exclusive because of having penetrated mainstream institutions? What happens to graffiti’s aesthetics when the canvas is legal and the museum is commissioning you?&#8230; What happens when we share (and sell) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France’s International Hip-Hop Dance Scene— Interview with Storm</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/04/02/france%e2%80%99s-international-hip-hop-dance-scene%e2%80%94-interview-with-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Tucker - in France</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since arriving in September, I have been to street performances, workshops, conferences, festivals, battles and theatrical spectacles all dedicated to hip-hop dance, and I am always impressed by how many members of the international community come to France to watch and participate. In an earlier post I wrote about the diverse dancers I met at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’m in a Music Video!  (Rouki’s “Boa Vista”)</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/03/10/im-in-a-music-video/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/03/10/im-in-a-music-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Tucker - in France</dc:creator>
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When I was seven, my lifelong dream was to be a Fly Girl on the television show In Living Color (think J. Lo circa 1991). If that didn’t work out, I wanted to be a backup dancer for concerts and music videos. Well, part of that dream has finally come true and even though I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with BAMBproduction</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/02/26/interview-with-bambproduction/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/02/26/interview-with-bambproduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Tucker - in France</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I caught up with my friends from the rap duo BAMBproduction to talk about their music, various challenges for French youth and minorities, and a little about what President Obama’s election means for them. ]]></description>
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		<title>Round and Round— French Hip-Hop Round Tables, Conferences and Festivals</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/alexistucker/2009/02/25/round-and-round%e2%80%94-french-hip-hop-round-tables-conferences-and-festivals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last few weeks have been filled with discussions about the past, present, and future of French hip-hop. From a two-day conference on financing hip-hop culture to the recent week-long black film festival, which featured several movies about and by hip-hop artists, I have attended round table after round table and still have more to [...]]]></description>
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