Mic Crenshaw

In 2020, Crenshaw performed at several George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon, including Juneteenth in Oregon. During Black History Month 2022, Crenshaw performed with Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Gospel Ensemble in Portland.

In 2017 Crenshaw recorded an album, Last of a Dying Breed, with Micah Fletcher, a survivor of a 2017 Portland train attack in which two others were murdered.

In 2004, Mic Crenshaw attended the Economic Justice and Youth Empowerment conference in Rwanda. In 2013, Mic Crenshaw worked with a global group of artists to found Afrikan Hip Hop Caravan. The mission is to connect artists across Africa and the Diaspora through annual performance tours in Eastern and Southern Africa. During 2013–2015, the Caravan toured a live performance set in Cape Town South Africa, Harare Zimbabwe; Arusha Tanzania and Nairobi Kenya. In 2014, Afrikan Hip Hop Caravan produced "Afrikan Hiphop Caravan Collaborations" with Soundz Of the South. Mic Crenshaw is the lead organizer of Afrikan Hip Hop Caravan in the United States.

Mic Crenshaw (born 1970) is an American recording artist, political activist, and educator living in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Mic Crenshaw creates music and musical platforms that connect artists across political and geographic boundaries.

Crenshaw was born on the South Side of Chicago in 1970. He graduated high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he became a leading voice for social equity and racial justice. In 1992, he moved to Portland, Oregon to focus anti-racist activism into music and music education. Over the last twenty years he has recorded and produced more than ten albums. Mic Crenshaw recorded and performed with Dead Prez and Immortal Technique, and in 1994 formed the Portland-based hip hop group Hungry Mob as its frontman. In 2001, Mic Crenshaw won the Portland Poetry Slam and finished as a national finalist. He has served as co-manager of KBOO Community Radio twice since 2015.