RAMSEN GROUP
presents
HIP HOPERA
A party room appears in which a group of MCs known as the Family, prepares a
media party to celebrate their mentor's, Patient's, debut record release. Privately, Militant
and Patient talk about the upcoming night's program. Patient longs for having
more than money; his strongest desire is for true freedom.
Awaiting Patient's arrival, Militant speaks to the crowd, praising his mentor. But Patient
never arrives at his party; instead a cop informs a partygoer that Patient has been shot. The crowd is horrified. Grief
ensues. The Family mourns together as Lamb reads the newspaper report of
Patient's death. "Too
young, too soon...and at the wrong time"
The gun maker's daughters speak to the audience. 
"When a person dies suddenly, in violence, a shot can be heard around the world...."
Their lives now shattered and without leadership, the Family turns to Militant. He tells them he
understands they will soon have to get back to work, but insists he be allowed to
grieve. Militant leaves for Patient's apartment to pick up Patient's belongings.
There, among the piles of documents, he
discovers his fallen mentor's plan for hip-hop to have its own state, along with a draft of the Hip-Hop Constitution--a document that sets forth the ideals of the hip-hop nation, guarantees artistic protections, and encourages repatriation as a solution to racial injustice.
Militant must now decide whether or not to reveal Patient's bold plan to the Family. However, frustrated over the lack of progress in the criminal investigation and desirous for speedy justice, Militant understands he must act on Patient's lead.
The group sings "Willie
Lynch", its searing lyrics juxtaposing a l7l2 slave vessel and racial profiling.
"Hooriding through my neighborhood sirens pierce and cut"
Ten years later, repatriation has materialized for several families. In Kemet, Egypt, young students from these families are observed at the Horus Academy.