[Keltik]

>>> Political groups are tapping hip-hop to engage not just young people but all disenfranchised people of color, hoping their votes will unseat President Bush, <<<

This is news story?? Every time I think I can't be shocked by the media's left-wing bias, I'm shocked by the media's left-wing bias.

[glock rocks]

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[martin_fierro]

HSAN is the most visible hip-hop organization. President/CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis works with a board that includes Roc-a-Fella partners Jay-Z and Damon Dash, Bad Boy's Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and former presidential candidate the Rev. Al Sharpton (news - web sites).

From http://www.cln.com/archives/atlanta/newsstand/011197/agwinn_cont.htm (web page since removed): "Although the 88-year-old NAACP is the oldest civil-rights organization in the country, it is still recovering from the events between 1989 and 1994. During that period, the NAACP was rocked by a number of revelations involving the misconduct and spending of top officials. Benjamin Chavis, the NAACP's national president, was fired after he spent $300,000 to settle a sexual-harassment suit. He also spent $25,000 on personal items and $100,000 for limousines used for work. A former chairman, William Gibson, ran up $111,930 in 'questioned expenses,' including hotel suites and tuxedos."

[blanknoone]

This election is more and more lining up as the productive America vs the moocher America. Those who produce value will vote for Bush. Those who do not, whether because they are suckling on socialisms teat, or have married into inherited wealth, will vote french.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Let's see. A sociology of Hip-hop Nation:

The oppressed; rich suburban white kids suffering from self-righteousness the sme way other people suffer from bad breath.

The downtrodden; angry black poverty pests making a life and living off the misfortunes of others.

The intellectuals; college bohos dressed in black to show how gloomy the world is when you're a nineteen year old rich kid.

The disenfranchised; young, would-be hippies dressed exactly the same way old hippies used to dress. (It's funny how behind the times the avant garde has gotten.)

[IronJack]

That's great. Even more ignorant street trash deciding the nation's future. But I guess Democrats have to get their constituency SOMEWHERE. And until the Felon Voting Rights Act passes, they'll settle for MTV morons. Why not? They have for decades.

[Rome2000]

"We make up over 15 million to 20 million people in the U.S. We won't be taken for granted, nor will our issues."

Not content with just being ignored and taken for granted by Democrats, she apparently wants Republicans to care about a group that gives over 90% of its votes to the oppositon.

Brilliant.

[E Rocc]

John "Jay-Kay" Kerry showing off his new "hip hop" look:

-Eric

[coloradan]

Rap artists have since tackled gang violence, South African apartheid, drugs, police abuse and more.

I knew about the end of apartheid, but I was unaware that the other problems had ceased to be so, let alone because of rap music.

[NYCVirago]

Topics ranged from voting and rap profiling to the HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites) epidemic.

Rap profiling? Is "rap profiling" the new racial profiling?

[Blue Jays]

Bump, yo. Commentary to be added later.