FARBEON

Biography

Fabian “FARBEON” Saucedo is a New York City-based emcee/poet, DJ, producer, photographer and ECA alumnus who has graced stages, panels and classrooms worldwide. Farbeon’s unique brand of edu-tainment has particularly translated well to the world of virtual programming that has risen in response to the global pandemic. Over the past year and a half Farbeon has overseen the development of multiple online workshop series, events and performances, as well as virtual ciphers connecting youth artists in NYC, Indonesia, Germany, South Africa, Iraq, Uganda and the Philippines. Ultimately Farbeon is dedicated to supporting and maintaining genuine hip-hop culture and community to bring about dialogue, mutual understanding and to pave the way for the next generation of cultural entrepreneurs and global Hip Hop ARTivists.

FARBEON has shared stages with some of global Hip Hop’s most-renowned acts, including The Roots, Method Man, Rob Swift, Black Noise (South Africa), Nomadic Massive (Canada/Haiti/Algeria/France), Saykoji (Indonesia) Poetic Pilgrimage (UK), Quilombo’Arte Collective (Mexico/Dominican Republic), and Jaro Cossiga (Czech Republic). And he has also co-taught master-classes with Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Sadat X.

FARBEON currently hosts, DJs and produces a bi-weekly radio show called “The Feel Good Happy Hour” on Bondifre Radio, a black-owned internet radio station founded in 2013. The show features open-format musical mixes, special guest interviews and “feel good” research and insight.

FARBEON dedicates his time behind the camera lens to documenting Hip Hop’s political saliency and transformational power. He has had the honor of documenting Hip Hop pioneers, practitioners and fans the world-over. His work has been exhibited at La Galleria at La MaMa, the Bronx Music Heritage Center and in print and digital media, including in the House of World Cultures (Berlin, DE) publication Translating Hip Hop.

FARBEON is at the forefront of the Hip Hop/arts-education movement, teaching poetry/spoken word, music-production, song-writing, photography, podcasting, filmmaking and Hip Hop history and culture in both school and non-school settings. He is the founding director of the Hip Hop Re:Education Project, a NYC-based creative youth development organization that engages communities in the artistic processes of Hip Hop culture, inspiring them to transform their world. He also teaches Hip Hop Theater at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.