Founder of the Stop the Violence Movement and Hip-hop icon, KRS-One speaks at the Urban League of Flint, Aug. 16, 2009. Oscar Durand / The Flint Journal
Harrisburg will play host to one of the pillars of hip-hop music and culture when Teacha arrives for a concert.
Lawrence Parker, better known as KRS-One, will perform at HMAC in Harrisburg at 8 p.m. on Aug. 21. Also performing are WINDchill, Nakuu and Daisy Mayze.
KRS-One was brought up in the Bronx, and started the rap group Boogie Down Productions with his friend DJ Scott LaRock. Their first album, "Criminal Minded," is regarded as among one of the best in hip-hop, and helped pave the way for the gangsta rap sub-genre. He was also part of the famed Bronx/Queensbridge feud in the mid-late 1980s, recording diss tracks such as "The Bridge is Over."
After LaRock was shot and killed, KRS-One took on the Teacha persona and becoming one of the most prominent voices of socially conscious hip-hop. He founded the Stop the Violence Movement and recorded songs such as "You Must Learn," "Sound of Da Police" and "Beef," taking on subject matter from police brutality to education to vegetarianism.
