Sixth Annual Athens Hip Hop Awards Encourage Activism

When local activists Mokah and Knowa Johnson organized the first Athens Hip Hop Awards in 2013, the local hip-hop scene was virtually invisible to anyone who wasn’t part of it. Now, on the eve of the sixth installment of the event, the scene is slowly but surely becoming “bigger, better and badder,” according to promoter and self-described “ambassador of Athens hip hop” Montu Miller. A change in venue to The Foundry, as well as the Johnsons’ ongoing work in the community with the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement, have spurred the co-founders to up the ante for this year’s awards show. In light of the upcoming local election, the theme for…