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Verb: Growing up I was always politically active. It went hand in hand with the times I was growing up in. Back then politics were engrained in Hip-Hop culture, everyone from Public Enemy to BDP were sowing the seeds of political activism. I’m sure many of us back then were tilling the soil.

On their debut release, "Seductivity", Times 4 presents an energetic concoction of all-original music, integrating groove-based funk/hiphop beats with modern harmony and improvised jazz.

Gwendolyn Pough is new to Syracuse University, but she is already well known for her feminism and hip-hop activism. ... "Hip-hop started as a youth movement. ...



What's the first thing listeners will focus on? "[That] I'm Chinese," Jin flatly told The Source. "So if that's what they want, we'll give it to them."



Media giant Viacom, which offers an HIV education and prevention initiative called Know HIV/AIDS across its many radio, television, and advertising properties, on Monday announced the launch of new public service announcements featuring hip-hop artist Common.