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Hip hoppers say Dennis no menace
By Jonathan E. Kaplan and Hans Nichols
“Go, go Dennis; he ain’t no menace. Run, run Dennis; he ain’t no menace,” raps Joel Tyner, a hip-hop activist who is backing Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) for president.
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("Tonight" here means October 7.)
"Tonight, Kucinich will team up with 2000 Green Party nominee Ralph Nader and hip-hop artists and D.C. activists Head-Roc and Noyeek the Grizzly Bear at the African Methodist Episcopal Church along M Street. The event will promote D.C. statehood, affordable housing and healthcare for all, among other issues.
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(My comment: Amazingly, Nader's Democracy Rising group invited all the Democratic candidates and even Bush* to attend but only Kucinich accepted the invitation.)
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"Last week, Kucinich participated in a panel titled, “So you want to be my president,” at the Oakland Box Theatre. In front of an audience of 200 potential hip-hop voters, Kucinich took questions from independent filmmaker Kevin Epps, a Japanese-American rapper called Shingo2, hip-hop bishop Adisa Banjoko, writer Aeeshah Clottey (Beyond Fear: 12 Spiritual Steps to Racial Healing), managing editor of Youth Outlook magazine Neela Banerjee, Bay Area disc jockey Sake1, The Delingquents’ G-Stack and political consultant Rebecca Kaplan."
Several attendees said Kucinich received an enthusiastic reception. “Yo, I love this fool,’” Sekou reported some clubbers saying.
G-Stack told Kucinich: “Dog, I hope you become president and I am votin’ for you.’”
Kucinich is going on a “Representin’ Tour” in November, will reach out to hip hop clubbers in 200 cities, according to the Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, a minister from St. Louis who is helping introduce Kucinich to hip hop artists and fans.
"Sekou told The Hill that hip-hop includes rap, break dancing, slamming, poetry and the business side of those activities; the strategy is to target the “black and brown version of Generation X” who grew up with hip-hop."
Dennis grew up poor in racially mixed neighborhoods that included blacks, whites, and Hispanics. so it's natural for him to relate to minority groups as well as the poor. I'm glad he's reaching out to this previously ignored group and hope this will bring them in to our party on a ladting basis.
Give Peace a Chance. Give Kucinich a Chance.
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