Washington Go Go - USA

September 2010 A stone’s throw from the White House, the angry beats of a new music genre define the real people of Washington. Black, poor, crushed by crime and drugs, and losing faith in Obama’s promise of change. “You know they call DC the chocolate city and go-go is the soundtrack“, Natalie Hopkinson says. Go-Go is the “heartbeat“ of the community’s identity, a constant in an ever-changing political landscape. It blares out on street corners, pumps out of cars, grim lyrics set against raucous beat