Seeking a 'Sucka Free' White House-Mobilizing the Hip-Hop Generation
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 09:40AM
TheSpook
Hip-hop is being reclaimed from the clutches of
corporations by youth activists furthering movements of social change.
To anyone who watches MTV all day -- where P. Diddy, Ja Rule and Nelly
dominate the screen flashing fancy cars, gold chains and an entourage
of scantily clad women -- political empowerment and hip-hop may seem
like conflicting terms. But hip-hop has been political in nature since
its birth in the youth subculture of the Bronx during the late 1970s. [more]
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