Civil Disobedience Part Wu Commercial

It's hard to believe ASU's Gammage Auditorium has never hosted a hip-hop show -- even for ASU, that's pretty whitebread -- but organizers of this weekend's Civil Disobedience Part Wu, are claiming the concert, a charity event for the Crisis Nursery of Phoenix featuring Gza of the Wu-Tang Clan, and...

By Martin Cizmar

October 1, 2009

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It's hard to believe ASU's Gammage Auditorium has never hosted a hip-hop show -- even for ASU, that's pretty whitebread -- but organizers of this weekend's Civil Disobedience Part Wu, are claiming the concert, a charity event for the Crisis Nursery of Phoenix featuring Gza of the Wu-Tang Clan, and a bunch of underground MCs, will be the first rap show ever. Here's a "commercial" advancing the event, which is selling tickets for only $11.50.

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