25
May
Hip-hop artists are urging young people to get involved with politics and head to the polls in the US presidential election in November.
The Hip-Hop Summit, which uses rap music’s influence to get young people to vote, is touring the US and signing people up to the voting register.
Rap mogul Russell Simmons, who founded the US rap record label Def Jam, said young people must make a difference. [more @ www.news.bbc.co.uk]
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