Seeking a 'Sucka Free' White House-Mobilizing the Hip-Hop Generation
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]