The Boogie Down Bronx lived up to its namesake at Pepatian’s ‘Hip Hop Women Artists Rep The Bronx’ concer t on
Saturday, March 30 at Bronx Music Heritage Center. Co-curated by La Bruja and Rockafella, the musical showcase
featured live performances by Jennifer ‘Beasty’ Acosta, Nene Ali, Nejma Nefertiti and Janice Tomlinson. All of
the performers of the evening (back, l-r) dancer Janice Tomlinson, hip hop artist Nejma Nefertiti, spoken word
poet Nene Ali, Barbara Gibson, event co-curator La Bruja, (front, l-r) event co-curator Ana ‘Rokafella’ Garcia,
dancer Jennifer ‘Beasty’ Acosta, beat boxer and dancer with her back up dancers. (left) Event co-curators Ana
‘Rokafella’ Garcia (front, l) and La Bruja (front, r) with performers (back, l-r) spoken word artist Nene Ali, dancer
and beat boxer Jennifer ‘Beasty’ Acosta, hip hop artist Nejma Nefertiti and interpretive dancer Janice Tomlinson.
left bottom) Spoken word artist Nene Ali was fi rst to perform. (top right) Hip hop artist Nejma Nefertiti shared
three songs during her performance. (bottom right) Interpretive dancer Janice Tomlinson gave a crowd pleasing
performance. Photos by Laura Stone
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Dancer and beat boxer
Jennifer ‘Beasty’
Acosta (front, c) with
her dancers (l-r) Catman
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