Our Initiatives
Maia Maiden Productions develops initiatives that connect artists through international collaboration, cultural exchange, and creative exploration rooted in Hip Hop culture and movement traditions.
Roosevelt Mansfield III, DigieMade Photography
Our initiatives extend beyond the stage to create opportunities for artists to learn, collaborate, and share their creative practices across communities and cultures. Through partnerships, travel experiences, and artistic exchange, these programs build meaningful connections while celebrating the global influence of Hip Hop culture.
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Culture Collab
An artist engagement initiative connecting Minnesota-based creatives with international practitioners through collaborative projects, cultural dialogue, and shared creative practice.
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Diaspora: Music, Dance & Hip Hop culture
A cultural exchange exploring the connections between music, movement, and community across the global African diaspora.
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ONE Kasi: Arts & Culture Summit
A multi-day summit bringing together artists and cultural leaders to inspire creative growth, strengthen international partnerships, and build lasting artistic networks.
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The Art of KRUMP
The Art of KRUMP explores the history, culture, skills, and techniques of the KRUMP street dance style through a series of training sessions led by nationally and internationally recognized KRUMP leader Fair Warning (Herbert Johnson III), a founding member of the KRUMP movement in Minnesota.
Minnesota Delegation
for Hip Hop & Street Culture
Led and organized by Maia Maiden Productions (MMP), the Minnesota Delegation for Hip Hop & Street Culture brings together artists, cultural practitioners, organizations, community leaders, and invited guests from Minnesota and across the country who are dedicated to the advancement and exploration of Hip Hop and Street Culture within a global context.
Through international cultural exchange, community engagement, research, shared learning, and relationship building, the delegation connects with artists and communities around the world to explore how Hip Hop & Street Culture are created, practiced, preserved, and transformed.
These experiences create opportunities to exchange knowledge, deepen cultural understanding, build meaningful relationships, and strengthen connections between Minnesota, national, and international Hip Hop & Street communities.
Rooted in community and collaboration, the delegation recognizes Hip Hop and Street Culture as global cultural movements that provide powerful pathways for artistic expression, cultural preservation, educati9on, innovation, and connection.
Moments from Our Initiatives
Embodied Diaspora: African Ancestral Memory in Bahia — Brazil · 2026
Led and organized by Maia Maiden Productions (MMP), the Minnesota Delegation for Hip Hop & Street Culture traveled to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, for an immersive cultural exchange exploring the connections between African ancestral traditions, Afro-Brazilian culture, and contemporary artistic expression.
Through cultural visits, artist encounters, workshops, and community engagement, the delegation explored the ways history, identity, movement, music, and storytelling are preserved and carried across generations. Experiences included encounters with Afro-Brazilian dance and music traditions, capoeira, Black cultural institutions, and local artists and cultural practitioners.
Centered on learning, creative exchange, and relationship building, the journey created opportunities to engage with Salvador's rich cultural landscape while examining the connections between African diasporic traditions and the global evolution of Hip Hop and street culture.
The exchange continued MMP's commitment to building international relationships, supporting cross-cultural collaboration, and recognizing the ways movement and artistic expression connect communities across borders.
ONE Kasi: Arts and Culture Summit — South Africa · 2024
ONE KASI: Arts and Culture Summit is a three-day international gathering in South Africa produced by Maia Maiden Productions and developed by Charles “Slenda” Mafafane of Ubuntu Arts that brings together artists, cultural leaders, and community organizers. Through workshops, discussions, performances, and collaborative exchanges, the summit creates space for creative dialogue and shared learning across cultures.
Rooted in the belief that arts and culture are powerful tools for connection and transformation, ONE KASI fosters global relationships and artistic exchange. The summit supports artists in expanding their networks, sharing knowledge, and building partnerships that strengthen creative communities locally and internationally.
Diaspora, Music, Dance & Hip Hop Culture — Cuba · 2024
The collaboration between Maia Maiden Productions and Son Dos Alas brings forth a culturally rich and immersive journey to Cuba, rooted in education, artistry, and connection. Through thoughtfully curated experiences, participants explore the vibrant history of Havana, engage in meaningful exchanges with some of Cuba’s most celebrated artists, and take part in dynamic workshops centered on the rhythms and traditions of Cuban music and dance.
This experience, designed and executed by Son Dos Alas led by scholar Dr. Melisa Riviere, reflects a shared commitment to fostering global understanding through creative expression, offering a unique opportunity for cultural discovery, artistic growth, and lasting connection beyond borders.
APAP Cultural Exchange — South Africa · 2019
Maia Maiden Productions ignited a powerful cultural exchange rooted in connection, creativity, and shared history across Johannesburg. Artists moved through spaces where history lives and breathes, engaging with the legacy of resistance and resilience while building new narratives together. Dance became a universal language, bridging continents as bodies told stories that words alone could not hold. Spoken word and muralism transformed public spaces into living canvases, amplifying voices, honoring place, and leaving lasting visual and poetic imprints.ript
Through intentional community and artist meetings, deep relationships were formed, grounded in mutual respect, learning, and the exchange of lived experience. In vibrant township gatherings, culture was not just presented but lived, felt, and co-created, affirming the power of global collaboration rooted in authenticity and community.
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