Free Republic

Several thousand young political activists will try to parlay hip-hop's influence on consumer culture into a viable political force that they hope will rival that of soccer moms and NASCAR fans. While organizers of the first ever National Hip-Hop Political Convention held earlier this month in Newark, N.J., did not endorse a presidential candidate, they did agree on a national platform that they hope a major political party will adopt as its own. We did not endorse a candidate because we feel the civil-rights leadership has gotten into the habit of voting for Democrats without getting anything back, said Bakari...