Dream hampton
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dream hampton is a hip-hop journalist, cultural critic, and filmmaker.
. Her short film I am Ali was an entry at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and won "Best Short Film" at Vanity Fair's Newport Film Festival.
Hampton has written about music, culture and politics for 20 years. She was the first female editor of The Source
magazine, editor in chief of Los Angeles-based Rap Pages Magazine and a writer for Vibe, The Village Voice
, and Spin. She is noted as a "pioneering" black female journalist. Other publications her writings have appeared in include The Detroit News, Harper's Bazaar, Essence and various anthologies, including Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic (edited by Michael Eric Dyson).
Hampton is co-author of Jay-Z
's New York Times bestselling book, Decoded, and also co-authored the unreleased Black Book with him. She is co-writing rapper Q-Tip
's memoir, Industry Rules, due to be released in 2011. She was also reportedly working with Sean Combs
on his autobiography.
Hampton was a founding member of Malcolm X Grass Roots Movement (MXGM), sponsor of Black August" the yearly tribute concert benefiting political prisoners. Her film about the event, Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert, debuted at Lincoln Center in 2010.
Life and career
Hampton is originally from Detroit lived in Brooklyn and Harlem for most of her life. She studied film at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she filmed her neighbor Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace for a documentary class. She was an Associate Producer of VH1's Emmy-award winning Behind the Music: Notorious B.I.G. and co-produced Bigger than Life, the first feature-length documentary on the rapper, directed by Peter SpierPeter Spier
Peter Spier is a Dutch-born American author and illustrator who has published more than thirty children's books.-Biographical information:...
. Her short film I am Ali was an entry at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and won "Best Short Film" at Vanity Fair's Newport Film Festival.
Hampton has written about music, culture and politics for 20 years. She was the first female editor of The Source
The Source (magazine)
The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source was founded as a newsletter in 1988...
magazine, editor in chief of Los Angeles-based Rap Pages Magazine and a writer for Vibe, The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
, and Spin. She is noted as a "pioneering" black female journalist. Other publications her writings have appeared in include The Detroit News, Harper's Bazaar, Essence and various anthologies, including Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic (edited by Michael Eric Dyson).
Hampton is co-author of Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
's New York Times bestselling book, Decoded, and also co-authored the unreleased Black Book with him. She is co-writing rapper Q-Tip
Q-Tip (rapper)
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed , better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from St. Albans, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest...
's memoir, Industry Rules, due to be released in 2011. She was also reportedly working with Sean Combs
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
on his autobiography.
Hampton was a founding member of Malcolm X Grass Roots Movement (MXGM), sponsor of Black August" the yearly tribute concert benefiting political prisoners. Her film about the event, Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert, debuted at Lincoln Center in 2010.
Books
- Co-author, Decoded, Jay-Z,
- Co-author, Industry Rules: The World According to Q-Tip, from Linden Blvd. to El Segundo and Beyond, Kamaal 'Q-Tip' FareedQ-Tip (rapper)Kamaal Ibn John Fareed , better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from St. Albans, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest...
, Random House, on sale July 2011
Essays
- "D'Angelo: Soul Man", Vibe Magazine, April 2000
- "Parable of the Writer: Octavia E. Butler, science fiction visionary, 1947–2006", The Village Voice
- "Dreaming America: Hip Hop Culture", Spin Magazine, Nov 1993
Anthologies
- "Bad Boy", in The Vibe History of Hip Hop, Three Rivers PressThree Rivers PressThree Rivers Press is the trade paperback imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House. It publishes original paperback titles as well as paperback reprints of books issued initially in hardcover by the other Crown imprints.- History :...
- "Born Alone, Die Alone" in Born to use mics: reading Nas's Illmatic By Michael Eric Dyson, Sohail Daulatzai
Filmography
- Behind The Music: The Notorious B.I.G., 1997, Associate Producer
- I Am Ali, 2002, Director
- Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert, 2010, Director