Farbeon

Fabian “FARBEON” Saucedo is a New York City-based emcee/poet, DJ, producer, photographer and ECA alumnus who has graced stages, panels and classrooms worldwide.  Farbeon uses his unique brand of edu-tainment to build transformative community-driven Hip Hop workshops and events. This modern-day Griot is ultimately dedicated to maintaining and supporting the development of genuine hip-hop culture and community to bring about dialogue, understanding and to pave the way for the next generation of young Hip Hop ARTivists. FARBEON has shared stages with some of global Hip Hop’s most-renowned acts, including The Roots, Method Man, Rob Swift, Black Noise (South Africa), Nomadic Massive (Canada/Haiti/Algeria/France), Saykoji (Indonesia) Poetic Pilgrimage (UK), Quilombo’Arte Collective (Mexico/Dominican Republic), and Jaro Cossiga (Czech Republic).  And he has also co-taught master-classes with Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Sadat X. He is the founding director of the Hip Hop Re:Education Project, a NYC-based creative youth development organization that engages communities in the artistic processes of Hip Hop culture, inspiring them to transform their world. He also teaches Hip Hop Theater at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.