The National Hip-Hop Political Convention kicks off in Chicago this week. The event debuted in New Jersey in 2004, with the goal to “funnel the political and cultural power of the hip-hop generation into mainstream political activities.” 2006 Convention Chair T.J. Crawford said, “I think hip-hop is innately political. … If I’m rapping about the ills I see in my community, how people are being treated halfway around the world or about regimes and policies I want to see changed, what do you do? Do you just keep talking about it? Or do you make all that talk a reality?”
The Chicago Tribune reported on the upcoming convention. Click on the essay title above to check it out.
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