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Radikal Worldwide: Welcome to Phnom Penh shows how Hip Hop became a voice for the youth in Cambodia
The 20-minute documentary follows Tiny Toones’ Kay-Kay around
Cambodia is a country of contradictions. Its past is filled with unspeakable horror, yet the people have proven to be resilient, and now the country is building itself up for the future.
In the beginning of Radikal Worldwide: Welcome to Phnom Penh Kevin Frilet’s 20-minute documentary about how Hip Hop became a voice of the youth, Kay-Kay is introduced. He’s a former refugee who went to America, got caught up with gangs, and was sent back to his homeland. Instead of continuing his nefarious ways, he founded Tiny Toones, a school that utilizes Breaking and Hip Hop to engage, inspire, and educate children from impoverished neighborhoods. He says of the city he calls home when showing where the ghetto used to be that is now a casino, “The city grows too fast, but we are still behind.”
Over the course of 20 minutes, Kay-Kay shows how Tiny Toones got started and how it has grown from just a Breaking school into using all four elements of Hip Hop–MCing, DJing, and Grafitti–as well as producing music. This is an intimate and real view of Cambodian Hip Hop from the ground up, and it shows how Tiny Toones shaped kids' lives of kids who are now artists, rappers, and music producers.
In the end, Kay-Kay gives the summary of the whole documentary by saying, “Everybody needs love…Let’s learn how to love and share it.”
Check out Radikal Worldwide: Welcome to Phnom Penh below.






