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The prison industry is the fastest growing business in America. The US imprisons more of its population than any other country in the world.


The 2002 Lyrics on Lockdown Tour is the Blackout Arts Collective’s 2nd annual tour to raise awareness about the prison industrial complex. Artists, activists and inmates from around the country are joining forces to abolish the mass incarceration of color in the US.


The tour will be stopping in 14 cities across the country. At 8pm on Thursday they will be performing at the Guild Complex, 8:00PM 3030-3030 W. CORTLAND (1BLK S. OF ARMITAGE/1BLK W. OF HUMBOLDT BLVD.)


$5/$3 student/seniors/members


East Coast based Blackout Arts Collective is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering communities through the arts, education and activism. The Lyrics on Lockdown Tour encourages those who are incarcerated to effectively and constructively express themselves through the arts. The secondary goal of LOL is to educate audiences about the prison industrial complex and the plight of those impacted by this incarceration crisis.


A natural at spittin' on any subject, effortlessly, Eklypz is one of the nicest MC's hailing from the Gem City (Dayton, OH). A member of the hip-hop collective TOOMB (a one-time opening act for rap luminary Notorious B.I.G. and the Alkaholiks), Eklypz has years under his lyrical belt, and has sharpened his skills in the ring of battle rhymes. With his new single, "All 10", Eklypz (with fellow TOOMB comrades, F.O.R.C.E. and vocalist, Salone) offers a funky and delicious taste of his forthcoming solo debut, Grumpy Old Men.


Lyrics on Lockdown--education, entertainment and activism through words and sound.


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