I went to a show called Hip Hop for Education after work on Saturday. I think I just missed Quetzal, but I did see a bunch of other fun acts. Suheir Hammad and Saul Williams in particular were amazing. They both performed some very powerful spoken word, the kind that makes you hang on to every word. I didn't manage to get in a drawing of Suheir Hammad (sometimes you just have to listen), but pulled myself out enough to get in a sketch of Saul Williams (fourth sketch). I also drew Sabac Red (first sketch), X Clan (second sketch), a security guard, a hip hop fan and visual artist named Anthony (gave him the sketch) and a strange downtown LA skyline on a night with a full moon and lunar eclipse. Some of the performers I saw but didn't get to draw were Visionaries, Medusa, and a few others.