Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest








Singer Afi Soul at the Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest (Saturday, July 26, 2008)

Rapper Substantial at the Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest 2008

All photos by Khadijah Ali-Coleman

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