The first National Hip-Hop Political Convention

“This Ain’t No Party”

Finally a utilization of a political constituency which can change the face of politics…

And you thought Hip Hop was only about Partying!

“On June 11th, more than two dozen young people hopped on a bus in Minneapolis, headed for the historic National Hip-Hop Political Convention set to begin five days later in Newark, New Jersey. Some were activists hoping to inspire political engagement among their peers, some were rappers looking for a break and some were just trying to get out of town. Other than a love of hip-hop culture, they thought they had little in common.

The convention was an unprecedented effort to mobilize a sleeping giant – a generation of tens of millions for whom “politics” is but a profanity – to leverage its cultural power toward political power. Delegates would qualify by registering 50 people to vote, and would fashion the hip-hop generation’s first national political agenda.”

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