Media Justice – DR. Rosa Alicia Clemente

Open Letter-petition to Bad Bunny: Make History By Not Performing at SuperBowl LX(60)

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:58:35 +0000

https://c.org/4jQkxqJNtg An Open Letter to Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Benito, bueno: On Sunday night at the Grammys, you stood before the world and declared “ICE OUT!” Those words echoed through living rooms, detention centers, and the hearts of millions living in terror. You spoke truth to power in a moment when so many are afraid to speak at all, but words must become action: ICE is a...

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Looking at What Puerto Rico Needs to Recover from Hurricane Maria – NY1

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:08:15 +0000

One year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Errol Louis discussed the recovery process and what still needs to happen with: Rosa Clemente of #OurPowerPRNYC, Jorge Vasquez of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and former State Assemblyman Nelson Denis. Watch the Video on NY1...

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Nicki Minaj, Young Money Records: REMOVE THE PICTURE OF MALCOLM X NOW!

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:35:53 +0000

Young Money Record’s Nicki Minaj apologized for using an iconic image of revolutionary human rights leader El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) to promote her new single “Lookin A** N***a”. Hip-Hop activist and 2008 Green Party Vice-Presidential candidate Rosa Clemente swiftly spearheaded a Change.org petition urging Minaj to remove the offensive and disrespectful image or face a boycott from...

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Rosa Clemente vs. Rick Ross

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:20:53 +0000

Broadcasting live every friday from 6-8pm on 91.1fm, TRGGR Radio is a space of grassroots intellectual thought that seeks to inspire thoughts into action and TRGGR ideas into motion. This week Chris and Rec sat down with TRGGR family Rosa Clemente to critique Rick Ross’s recent lyric that promotes sexual assault. Recognizing this lyric as only one manifestation of a larger culture that is...

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Rosa Clemente and Talib Kweli

Rosa Clemente — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:09:37 +0000

Originally aired on April 1, 2013 and hosted by Marc Lamont Hill for the Huffington Post. “From Rick Ross to Lil Wayne, rappers are catching flack about their socially insensitive lyrics. But when do words cross the line and should lyrics be policed?” Guests: Jamilah Lemieux @JamilahLemieux (New York, NY) News and Lifestyle Editor at Ebony.com Rahiel Tesfamariam @RahielT (Washington, DC) Columnist...

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The Stigma of Incarceration – Panel at Mount Holyoke College

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:11:15 +0000

[bigbutton url=”http://trggradio.org/stigma-of-incarceration-panel-mount-holyoke-college/” color=”red”]Listen to the Panel hosted on TRGGR Radio[/bigbutton] The Untouchable Caste of the United States: The Stigma of Incarceration and the Metamorphosis of Legal Discrimination Mount Holyoke College – South Hadley, Massachusetts – April 11, 2012 A panel featuring...

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Towards a Radical Critique of Hip Hop Culture

Rosa Clemente — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:58:30 +0000

This panel, held at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on April 9, analyzed the political trajectory of hip hop culture. The panelists spoke about their current work in articulating new perspectives on hip-hop, organizing and scholarship relative to black and brown communities around the nation and world. The panel highlighted the dire state of hip-hop politics and economics with...

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“Left of Black” featuring Rosa Clemente and 9th Wonder

Rosa Clemente — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:34:37 +0000

This episode was conducted on March 21st, 2011 by Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University Professor and host of Left of Black. Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Rosa Clemente, the 2008 Green Party Vice-Presidential candidate in a conversation about the historic Green Party ticket in 2008, contemporary Black activism and Hip-Hop. Later Neal is joined in-studio by producer...

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Media: Who is Not Progressive

Rosa Clemente — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:16:56 +0000

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Walk Like A Warrior: Interview with Dead Prez

Rosa Clemente — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:34:59 +0000

Dead Prez blazed into hip hop in 1998 with the politically-charged single, “It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop.” Their Let’s Get Free album spoke about Black self-determination in a way no one else was doing at the time, in hip hop or out. They were signed to Loud Records, but got screwed when Loud closed its doors and DP’s contract was commandeered by Columbia Records, a subsidiary of Sony.

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