Thursday, September 29, 2005

Song of Katrina (Metro Times Detroit)

Song of Katrina (Metro Times Detroit): "t’s funny how hip hop and politics sometimes come together. No sooner than Kanye West was on TV jawing about his disdain of President George W. Bush than the hip-hop community at large began taking relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina as a personal responsibility.

Some of hip hop’s more obscure figures, like Baby, Juvenile and Master P, all of New Orleans, along with Mississippi rapper David Banner, began organizing Katrina benefits. Russell Simmons, Jay-Z, Sean Combs and other slick bigwigs sent oodles of cash. BET held a fund-raiser. The list goes on and on."

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