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Mass at the Hip-Hop Church in Harlem
Every Thursday evening, at the Greater Hood Memorial AME Zion Church in Harlem, Reverend Pogue holds a hip-hop mass.
With hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow acting as MC and Reverend Ferguson directing the Hip-Hop Choir, he puts on a two-and-a-half hour service "that's all about the Lord" complete with rappers, turntables and loudspeakers set up by the altar.
The idea is to reach out the local youth in a language they understand and bring them back to church. It...
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With hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow acting as MC and Reverend Ferguson directing the Hip-Hop Choir, he puts on a two-and-a-half hour service "that's all about the Lord" complete with rappers, turntables and loudspeakers set up by the altar.
The idea is to reach out the local youth in a language they understand and bring them back to church. It...
more »
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New York, USA - Reverend Stephen Pogue (L) preaches followed by members...
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New York, USA - Hip-Hop Choir members (LtoR) Donovan Bratton, 16,...
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New York, USA - Hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow MCs during mass at the...
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New York, USA - Hip-Hop Choir members perform during mass at the Greater...
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New York, USA - Lamar Hayney, 19, member of the Three Shades of Faith...
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New York, USA - Reverend Stephen Pogue preaches at the Greater Hood...
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New York, USA - Congregation members pray during mass at the Greater...
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New York, USA - Reverend Stephen Pogue (R, standing) preaches during...
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New York, USA - Hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow raps during mass at the...
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New York, USA - Hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow raps during mass at the...
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New York, USA - View of the Greater Hood Memorial AME Zion Church, home...
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New York, USA - An unidentified young man raps during mass at the...
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New York, USA - Congregation members pray during mass at the Greater...
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New York, USA - Members of the Hip-Hop Choir pray during rehearsal at...
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New York, USA - Hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow (R, partially hidden) mans...
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New York, USA - Reverend Stephen Pogue (R) preaches during hip-hop mass...
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New York, USA - Teenagers attend at the Greater Hood Memorial AME Zion...
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New York, USA - Teenagers attend mass at the Greater Hood Memorial AME...
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New York, USA - Donovan Bratton (C), 16, raps during mass at the...
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New York, USA - A congregation member waits in the lobby of the Greater...
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New York, USA - Congregation members wait in the entrance of the Greater...
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New York, USA - Church members carry loudspeakers out of the Greater...
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New York, USA - Members of the congregation of the Greater Hood Memorial...
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New York, USA - The shadow of a teenager playing basketball hits the...
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