Alicia Garza is joined this week by acclaimed journalist, Hip Hop historian, producer, deejay, and community activist, Davey D. Their wide ranging conversation spans from whose pizza reigns supreme to how hip hop has transformed politics to what’s at stake for Black voters in the upcoming November election. Plus, Garza’s weekly roundup of all the things, also known as Lady Don’t Take No!

Learn more about Davey D: 

Lady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook.

Alicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook.

Production by Phil Surkis

Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by Latyrx

This pod is supported by the Black Futures Lab

Dig Deeper:

The song that started it all: Jam on the Groove by Ralph McDonald.

Sign the petition to make sure we support our DJs -- demand that Facebook and Instagram let DJs bring us the joy we need during this pandemic:

https://www.change.org/p/facebook-letthedjsplay

More on hip hop’s influence on politics:

Netflix: Hip Hop Evolution

Books:

No Half Steppin: An Oral and Pictorial History of New York City Club and the Latin Quarter and the Birth of Hip-Hop’s Golden Era by Claude “Paradise” Gray

The History of the Latin Quarter -- Hip Hop’s Legendary Nite Club

Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism. She shares her thoughts on the women transforming power in Marie Claire magazine every month. Her forthcoming book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House) will be published in October 2020, and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.