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Activist
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the years, civil rights activist Dr. Ben Chavis has willingly taken on
the role of advocate and voice of reason, not only for the hip-hop
community, but for young African Americans across the globe. With the
hip-hop culture seemingly always under attack for many of the things
that go awry in the black community, Chavis suggests that with the
proper leadership, more positive results will follow.
“ Young people need some good information to make good out of their
lives. There are a lot of player haters of hip-hop. We need to defend
hip-hop and be an advocate for hip-hop. Economic empowerment and
political empowerment have to go together and that’s why hip-hop is
about [accomplishing] our highest achievement both politically and
economically,” says Chavis. – jason thompson
