The Weekly Mix, Vol. 749 - Hidmo Means Home
The Runcast with John Richards
KEXP
4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2020
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
On December 1st, 2006, Rahwa and Asmeret Habte took over Hidmo on 20th & Jackson. In a very short amount of time, Hidmo became known as a community center cleverly disguised as an Eritrean restaurant in Seattle's Central District, and a mecca for Seattle hip-hop. The space Rahwa and Asmeret helped create along with their family and friends became a safe space for youth in the neighborhood, an organizing hub for a large amount of community organizations in the city, and an all-ages venue for musicians who had very few venues accessible to them. Hidmo brought together community in a way that very few venues in our city ever have, and what happened those 4 years on 20th & Jackson can still be felt throughout our community, and the world today.
Rahwa tragically passed away earlier this year, and in honor of her legacy and the legacy of what she helped build, we brought together a playlist of some of her favorite artists who have graced the hut, along with personal memories shared from the artists themselves, including Blue Scholars, THEEsatisfaction, Khingz, JusMoni, Hollis, Shabazz Palaces, Meklit, Invincible, Dakota Camacho, Beyond Reality, Siren's Echo, One Be Lo and more.
1. Blue Scholars - The Distance (feat. Rahwa Habte & Semone Andu)
* words from Prometheus Brown
2. Khingz - Blaq Han Solo (feat. Rahwa Habte on the outro)
* words from Meklit
3. Meklit - This Was Made Here
* words from Dakota Camacho
4. Dakota Camacho - Hita (unreleased)
* words from Imani Dinish
5. Invincible - People Not Places (feat. Sabreena da Witch)
* words from Invincible
6. One Be Lo - Books a bout you (HisStory)
* words from Stas THEE Boss
7. Shabazz Palaces - Capital 5 (Recorded After Hours at the Gun Ballad Resource Center on Sweeper St.)
8. THEESatisfaction - EEN SAH EWE
* words from SassyBlack
9. Vitamin D - Home Don't Feel Like Home (feat. Yirim Seck & Game Solo)
10. Hollis - All My Weight
* words from JusMoni
11. JusMoni - Never Too Late (feat. Khingz)
12. Chev - Universal Branches
* words from King Khazm
13. Black Stax - River
14. Beyond Reality - Souls Journey (feat. Felicia Loud)
* words from Kylea
15. Siren's Echo - Perfect Peace
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to KXP's Weekly Mix. My name is Gabriel Teodros. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Larry Myzel Jr. And this is a very special edition of the weekly Knicks, |
| 0:23.6 | dedicated to the memory of Rawa Hopte on the anniversary of her and her sister is married, |
| 0:28.6 | taking over the Hidmo, community center, cleverly disguised as an Eritrean restaurant |
| 0:33.6 | on 20th in Jackson and Seattle Central District. Rava was a dear friend to so many of us in Seattle and outside of it. |
| 0:42.3 | I know that we all know about the light and warmth and humor contained in Rawa's spirit. |
| 0:48.3 | The space that she and Esmerit curated, built community, fostered creativity, |
| 0:53.3 | an intergenerational space that gave a platform to a host of new voices. |
| 0:59.0 | We invited so many of those voices to this podcast, |
| 1:03.2 | and we also invited artists to share their own reflections and memories of Rahu. |
| 1:09.2 | And you're going to hear those throughout this mix. We're just gonna let the music |
| 1:12.6 | and those stories speak for themselves. |
| 1:15.6 | I did wanna say that |
| 1:17.6 | the first voice that you're gonna hear in this mix |
| 1:19.6 | is Rawa Hopte herself, |
| 1:21.6 | speaking with her cousin Simone |
| 1:23.6 | on the intro to Blue Scholars, The Distance. |
| 1:26.6 | This is K-XP, Hitmo means home, |
| 1:30.3 | Hitmo forever, and Rahwa forever. |
| 1:33.3 | Hey, Kamala, you have your haughty. |
| 1:38.3 | Kamilha, howie? |
| 1:40.3 | Have you? |
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