Jeff Chang & Staceyann Chin in conversation, March 2006

Jeff Chang has been a hip-hop journalist for over a decade, writing for publications including The Village Voice, Vibe, The Nation, and The
Washington Post, among others. His book, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation, explores issues of race, culture,
politics, and music. In 1993, he co-founded and ran the influential hip-hop indie label SoleSides (now Quannum Projects), helping to launch the careers
of DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, and Lateef the Truth Speaker.

Slam poet Staceyann Chin was one of the original performers in Russell Simmons's Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, which won a Tony Award in 2004.
She was also featured on several seasons of the Peabody Award-winning HBO series, Def Poetry Jam. Her poems can be found in numerous anthologies and in her chapbooks, Wildcat Woman, Stories Surrounding My Coming, and Catalogue the Insanity. As part of The Culture Project at the 45 Bleeker Theater, Chin has written and performed the one-woman shows Hands Afire, Unspeakable Things, and Border/ Clash Unspeakable Thing.