Hip-hop activists snub Kerry, Bush

The Hill ^ | 6/30/04

[Legion04]

"Music has long been a part of political protest even if the music does not endorse a specific candidate."

RIGHT.


this article discusses hip hop. not music.

[JustPlainJoe]

Whaddya gotta do to join dis par-taay?

Pop somebody? off a b**ch?

[EggsAckley]

Oooooh, I'm a-skeered now. Hip hoppers gonna take over our country!

[Old Professer]

When Hip-Hop first struck, I thought it was like the 24 hour flu, instead it has turned into a bad case of Malaria.

[andy58-in-nh]

Hip Hop is to music as chewing gum is to food (or grafitti is to literature).

[areafiftyone]

Nah they just want their Bling Bling from the government!

[Arpege92]

"Free education from kindergarten to graduate school, universal health care, ending racial profiling, reparations for slavery, and opposing military use of hip-hop culture on MTV."

If this isn't a liberal platform, then I don't know what is. It's the "ME ME" generation folks....and I am not willing to part with one penny so that reparations can be paid for slavery.

[MACVSOG68]

Delegates decided that education, economic justice, criminal justice, health and wellness and human rights would make up the platform. They also adopted different planks, such as free education from kindergarten to graduate school, universal health care, ending racial profiling, reparations for slavery, and opposing the military's use of hip-hop culture on MTV or in different magazines as recruiting tools.

...And the Republicans didn't attend to show their support? Damn, there goes the far left hip-hop vote....

[dc-zoo]

I thought kerry was a hip-hop flip-flop.

[zlala]

Whaddya gotta do to join dis par-taay? Pop somebody? off a b**ch?

Naw, this is hip-hop, not rap.... Sing-talk a few verses of uh huh and oh yeah while boppin up & down will get ya in.

[End Times Sentinel]

You can’t even get your demographic to attend school, you think they’re going to show up and vote?

Since the polls are only open from 7a.m. to 8p.m. what do you think the chances are that the dope dealers will actually get out of bed during those short 13 hours? Do you suppose during the oh so short window between marijuana hangover and the next session that the hip hop generation will realize that it’s election day? Unless convicted felons are given the right to vote, your group’s numbers will be far higher than actual eligible voters.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[EggsAckley]

Heh! Bling bling indeed!

[mlbford2]

The hip hop crowd will be sitting on the couch stoned, drinking a 40 and watching Rock the Vote on MTV during election day. Guaranteed!

[Dan from Michigan]

Political organizers have been trying to figure out how to lure younger voters to the polls ever since 18-year-olds won the right to vote in 1972.

1. Don't pander.
2. Treat them as adults.

That's a start.

[spodefly]

Delegates decided that education, economic justice, criminal justice, health and wellness and human rights would make up the platform. They also adopted different planks, such as free education from kindergarten to graduate school, universal health care, ending racial profiling, reparations for slavery, and opposing the military's use of hip-hop culture on MTV or in different magazines as recruiting tools.

Oh goodie ... black marxists ... with no capacity for melody or harmonic complexity.

[Dan from Michigan]

As for this crowd, I'd give them LOTS of free beer on the Monday before......And this party lasts till after 5AM......

[KarlInOhio]

Only Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has reached out to so-called hip-hop voters in his failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, and he sent a letter endorsing the convention.

When I think of a hip-hop politician, Grandmaster K is the first one that comes to mind:

[mlbford2]

Kerry is changing his name to 'Grande Master Flips-a-lot' to appeal to the hip-hop crowd.

[HitmanLV]

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.

That powerful, huh?