Lines of young people crowded the sidewalks on Bryant Street where a rap contest with 32 contestants started at 5 p.m. Sunday. Some were practicing their rhymes while waiting to perform. The event at Cell Space was hosted by Sellassie, who describes himself as a socio-political rap artist.
Before crossing the Golden Gate Bridge from the suburbs, Jamie Goldberg was a softball player with a passion for sports reporting. Politics drive her crazy. But on trips down Mission streets, the ones that residents tell her need to be paved, she heads for the cure: “Dr. Loco" performances.
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