Hip Hop Artist Gabriel Yaiva and NAMMY

[Okwes]

Screaming Prairie Dog Press
Southwest Hip Hop Artist Gabriel Yaiva wins an Impressive 5 category Native American Music Award Nomination (NAMMY)
Gabriel Yaiva, owner/producer/artist for 4th World Entertainment, was recently nominated for the 2006 Native American Music Awards. The "NAMMYS" as they are called, are the most coveted awards for the Native music community. Yaiva’s album, "Limited Edition" was sent to the NAMMYS for consideration, and is the fourth full length album that 4th World Entertainment has produced since its start in 2000.
The categories that Yaiva was nominated for are: Best Rap/Hip Hop Recording, Record of the Year, Song/Single of the Year "Down 4 A Struggle", Songwriter of the Year, and Best Debut Artist of the Year. The NAMMYS will be officially open for public voting online in two weeks. All votes are cast on-line only, and ballots can be accessed at www.nativeamericanmusic.com, www.nammys.com.
Yaiva is currently beginning planning for a 4-day tour that will be on the Hopi and Navajo Reservations in an effort to educate and heal through positive Hip-Hop, March 2nd – 5th. The Native Movement, based out of Northern Arizona, is sponsoring the 2006 Native Movement Tour and all proceeds will go to benefit the Substance Abuse Prevention and Gang Awareness Program. 4th World Entertainment and the Native Movement are currently fundraising and seeking sponsors for the tour, if you are interested in donating or sponsorship please contact Yaiva at [phone] or [e-mail], monetary donations are also being accepted at www.nativemovement.org . For more information regarding Yaiva and 4th World Entertainment please contact Yaiva at [e-mail] or call [phone](www.4went.com).



Yaiva

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[blackcrowheart]

Interview with Yaiva

postato da Ciobin

Domenica 15 Gennaio 2006 ore 17:31:24
A little history of Yaiva
I've been know simply as Yaiva since I was real young. Yaiva is my last name which is from the American Indian Tribe, Hopi and means to rise gracefully. I been rhyming for a minute now and doing shows professionally for 8 years, living off this music and loving it. We’ve done tons of shows all across the United Snakes and live shows are our main motivation, it is what I enjoy most about doing music and being able to feed my family off of what I love is even better. We’ve opened for legends like the Geto Boys, 2 live Crew, Digital Underground, Damien Marley, The Neville Brothers, Mix Master Mike, Kid Frost, N2Deep and have done shows in Canada, the west coast to the east coast and have been nominated for a Native American Music Award.

This is your first cd? This is actually my 3rd cd. My first cd is currently still Arizona’s best selling indie album and we released it 3 years ago, our people show us love and I love them for that. This current cd is the one nominated for the Music award though.

Tell me something about hip-hop in your city.
Hip hop in my city is very diverse. I live in a small city in Northern Arizona where there is a lot of conscious movements. So when you come to a hip hop show here it is usually conscious but everything here intertwines and makes it real interesting, many people come here and don’t want to leave cuz of the positive vibe we got up here at 7000 feet in elevation, were up in the mountains. Another aspect of our diversity is the ethnicity of the peoples and how we pretty much all get along, those of like minds, plus we got a huge Native American population how practice tradition, language and teachings, which gets mix into our hip hop and makes it that much more diverse, there is nothing like this in the world, believe that.

Do you know something about hip-hop in Italy?
A little, I got some beats from a cat out there a few years ago, he told me bout the dope culture yall got out there and how it is more cultured then even here in the US. The hip hop on the mainstream here in the US is nonsense with talk of glitz and glamour, unpleasant persones, hoes and money, where as he told me of the essence that is kept strong despite commercial influences.

What do you think about mp3?
MP3 is dope, cuz before we could only get heard in live shows and cd’s but now we have our music on about 15 different sites where folks can download and listen on line, it has taken our music around the world and back, it is a dope promotional tool.

And about women in hip-hop?
I think women in hip hop are much needed. I don’t know too many female emcees out here but I do know a couple. I did a track with a lady name manzaneta fire, she was so cool, gifted and beautiful. The track we did was called Red Chilli, on some live emcee vibe but don’t know of too many others in my area, but I know they are a needed aspect in hip hop to balance the game. In native culture we teach of balance and roles of males and females which need not to be overlooked, plus in many native culture women are the ones with the most powerful voices.

Have you performed live?
All the time, at least 6 – 7 times a month about 100 shows a year.

Who is the artist you like most and why?
Chuck D of Public Enemy. Because he is intelligent, conscious and did things for his people and made some crazy moves as an artist, got mad respect for him and would like to meet him and open for Public Enemy one day.

Do you think that hip-hop videos represent the real hip-hop?
No not at all. I think videos plant a false seed in the minds on watchers who many times don’t question what they see and hear.

In which way you live hip-hop?
I live it I breathe it, like KRS said, I am hip hop.

Tell me something about clubs and radios in your city.
We rock a majority of the clubs here and each asa a different vibe. One is more mainstream and is opened to all ages the other is more underground and is 21 and over, the latter has the best sound and stage in our city, I think personally. The radio don’t show us no love but its okay, but the Native American stations show us love and play us at more then 60 stations through out the US and Canada.

Future projects
I got a compliation dropping in a month called The Winter Solstice, were on some revolutionary/make moves for the people type of vibe with some of the best in Native music featured, come check the link www.4went.com/save.html for more info. were supporting a great cause with this one and standing up for native people and our beliefs.
The other is my next solo album which is a mixture of political, conscious joints and more diverse joints, some of the best monkey to date. Its called For The People but were waiting for the results of the Music awards to drop it. Also we have 3 mini tours in the next couple months and doing a huge New Years Eve party in Nevada.

13) Thanks and hello to my people who have supported and continue to support. The people who love and support diverse hip hop, my moms, my wife, Somana, my daughter Sonakih, my son Lomanaqwa, my aunt Sally, my friends, family in the struggle with me, all the fans and the indigenous peoples of the world.

14) for contacts?
www.4went.com
[e-mail]
www.myspace.com/4went