Ep. 50 - Chi DNA: Participatory Filmmaking & Gender Performance within Hip-Hop ft. Tweak’G

BrownTown chills out with Tweak'G, Chicago rapper, activist, and
Chi DNA feature documentary subject. In Tweak's two-year
anniversary in BrownTown (see episode 15), the fam discusses
ethics and relationship-building in documentary filmmaking and
deconstructs gender roles and sexuality within contemporary
hip-hop as well as their everyday lives. Tweak talks about new
developments in her personal and professional life as BrownTown
details their "on set" and behind-the-scenes experiences getting
to know Tweak through creating the Chi DNA feature and beyond.
Tweak deconstructs stereotypes about masculine-presenting
Lesbians in hip-hop as well as the everyday, while critiquing
heteronormative hierarchies within the Lesbian and queer
community. Her and BrownTown continue to chop it up about
everything from learned behavior in children playground games to
the military-industrial complex.


Full Transcriptions Here!


GUEST
Tweak’G is a rapper and activist who has been on the front lines
of the two successful grassroots campaigns in Chicago--#ByeAnita
and #TraumaCenterNow at the U of Chicago. Born and raised in
Chicago, Tweak spent 6-years in the military and now
simultaneously traverses Chicago’s activist and underground rap
scene as an unapologetic Black Lesbian ready for her next
project. Most recently, she is working on her newest music
compilation Vulnerability, is a founding member of
Dissenters, a youth-led anti-militarism grassroots organization,
and is the primary subject in SoapBox's upcoming Chi DNA feature
documentary.


CHI DNA
This is the eighth Chicago Drill and Activism (AKA "Chi DNA")
installment of Bourbon ’n BrownTown. Chi DNA is an ongoing
documentary and multimedia project, which also features
interviews, micro-documentaries, and editorial pieces on drill
rap and the activist resurgence in Chicago.


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Follow Tweak'G on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Listen to her
on Soundcloud and YouTube.


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CREDITS: Intro/outro song Gold by
Tweak'G. Audio engineered by Genta Tamashiro. Episode photo by
Sean Kelly.


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