T.I. and the Hip-Hop Caucus have partnered to form a voter registration initiative targeted at young adults, aged 18 to 29.
The “Get Out The Vote” pact was announced today and next week the campaign will kick off with Tip and the organization holding a press conference in Washington D.C.
The campaign slogan and t-shirts will be revealed at the event, to be held the morning of July 28 at the 9:30 Club.
T.I. will be the major spokesman, but will be joined by other celebrities and key figures. PSAs, online marketing, and photos by famed hip-hop lensman Jonathan Mannion will be used.
During the last presidential election, Diddy launched the “Vote or Die” campaign, which registered a number of first time voters. The Russell Simmons founded Hip-Hop Action Summit Network has also been responsible for securing a number of young people to vote. Simmons official resigned form his board position of HHSAN (a non-partisan group) after officially endorsing Illinois Senator Barack Obama during the Democratic primary.
LaTisha Robbins
XXL Magazine
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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correlation between college and voting... the numbers are interesting... I looked at all this from a slightly different perspective... i am confused as to how the hip hop community through song/musically create a whole counterproductive message... a message where nothing is important but money (and the things money provide)... not school, voting, community, freedom, self determination or any thing else... if the music/the culture (learned values) in which the youth emulate doesn’t change... ultimately there will be no change at all... albeit vote or don’t vote... future of our youth, our community will still remain in grave danger… not because we don’t vote (or go to college) … but because of the self destructive culture that artist like T.I. help create… but who’s holding them accountable?… why don’t they use their music to help bring consciousness to the youth crisis… through their music redirect the interest and values of youth … through their music politicize and align the youth with a political agenda… if they were really concerned with anything other than money and publicity... until we do this… voters Might be pursued but never ever “respected”… even more… the youth crisis will never ever “change”…
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