Hip-Hop Activism- Can we trust "Fiddy" with the Revolution?

[The Cushite]

I was reading different articles about the Oprah Winfrey/ Hip-hop controversy and I came across several Blogs by people who are deemed to be "Hip-Hop" Activists ( for example http://www.yvonnebynoe.com, http://www.marclamonthill.com). They are people who range from lawyers, economists, professors, and columnists. I was wondering what is it about hip-hop that draws people to consider it as a viable cultural movement to center social change upon? I question how much of a counter-cultural prespective hip-hop actually represents with its misogyny, materialism, and individualism to a point of selfishness.

Questions to my GC fam, what is hip-hop activism? Who are the hip-hop activists and how does someone become one? Can hip-hop be a viable source for collective empowerment of black people?

I am considering writing a commentary for a local newspaper article on the subject and I would like to bounce my ideas on the issue off of the scholars here on GC

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