THE PURPOSE OF THIS GROUP IS TO BRING TOGETHER YOUNG, RESPONSIBLE MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOVE HIP HOP AND ARE WILLING TO TAKE A STAND IN ORDER TO DEFEND THE CULTURE. HIP HOP ORIGINATED IN THE LATE 1970'S IN THE STREETS OF THE BRONX. HIP HOP WAS CREATED BY POOR AFRICAN AMERICANS, AFRO CARIBBEANS AND PUERTO RICANS. HIP HOP WAS LIKE THE CNN OF THE BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES; MANY YOUNG MEN IN THE INNER CITY USED HIP HOP TO MAKE SOCIETY AWARE OF WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN THE INNER CITY. THE REALITY IS THAT TILL THIS DAY THE BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES ARE STILL PLAGUED WITH POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT.
HIP HOP IS NO LONGER A MODE OF SELF EXPRESSION, IT IS A MULTI BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS. TODAY ARTIST VALUE MONEY OVER SKILLS AND ORIGINALITY.
I'M CALLING YOUNG RESPONSIBLE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE TIRED OF THE GARBAGE THAT THE MEDIA IS FEEDING US, WHO ARE TIRED OF THE LACK OF CONTENT IN HIP HOP, WHO ARE TIRED OF THE EXTREME MATERIALISM, HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY, BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE AND IGNORANCE TO COME TOGETHER SO WE CAN SHARE OUR LYRICS AND IDEAS. LETS TALK, MUSIC, BUSINESS, PROGRESS. HIP HOP ARTIST, POETS, WRITERS, OR IF YOU JUST LOVE HIP HOP, LETS GET TOGETHER AND NETWORK.
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