RAPPIN BLACK w/ AMDÉ: PROFESSOR GRIFF
In 1967, the Watts Prophets arose from the ashes of the Riots to offer a voice for the voiceless. Over a half-century later, Amde Hamilton is still creating change. Amde Hamilton, who is a priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, can be seen performing a spoken-word piece at the 1981 funeral service of Bob Marley in Jamaica in the 1982 film Land of Look Behind.
In 1994, the group appeared on the Red Hot Organization’s compilation CD, Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool, appearing on a track entitled “Apprehension” alongside Don Cherry. The album, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic in African-American society was named “Album of the Year” by Time Magazine.
