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THE HIP HOP CAUCUS AND MULTI-PLATINUM, GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SUPERSTAR T.I. ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE MAJOR VOTER REGISTRATION AND GET OUT THE VOTE CAMPAIGN]
(New York, NY - July 28, 2008) - The Hip Hop Caucus,
www.hiphopcaucus.org, and Multi-Platinum, Grammy Award Winning Superstar
T.I. have joined forces to launch a powerful new voter registration and
Get Out the […]

New York, N.Y. - March 16, 2008 - The Hip-Hop Research and Education Fund, PowerPAC and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network announced today the launch of an unprecedented, focused national campaign to mobilize the hip-hop generation of youth voters to ensure the largest youth voter turnout in American history on November 4, 2008. The press […]

The recent dialogue surrounding the portrayal of women of color in entertainment, specifically in Hip-Hop music, has propelled women in the entertainment industry to take a proactive stand. Powerbrokers like fashion mogul Kimora Lee Simmons; international music star Joss Stone; Sylvia Rhone, President of Motown Records and Executive Vice President of Universal Records; and Valeisha […]

TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 7, 2007- Following the success of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s (HSAN) first international “Get Your Money Right” Financial Empowerment Summit in Toronto last year, HSAN is back to help Canadian youth get their money right!

Los Angeles, CA – Mr. J Medeiros is an eloquent hip-hop artist on a mission to create massive social change through music, in more areas than one. In keeping with the release of his debut solo-album “Of gods and girls” on July 24th, 2007, Mr. J officially launches his anti child trafficking campaign “IamConstance.org” in […]

Detroit, MI -April 2, 2007- USA Today said in a March 9, 2007 Page 1 story on the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s (HSAN) national tour on financial empowerment, “Despite a difference in tone and sometimes language, [the artist’s] advice was what you’d get from Merrill Lynch, just more colorful.” On Saturday, April 14, the Hip-Hop […]

The It’s All About M.E.E. (Media, Expression, and Education) Festival is a 3-day multi-media celebration taking place from February 23�25, 2007. It�s All About M.E.E combines the best of our Freshest Youth Program, the Urban Word NYC Poetry Slam Final, and the Hip-Hop Education Summit [H2Ed].

Brooklyn, New York. According to the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information, there have been significant increases in the incidences of child sexual abuse since the last national incidence study was conducted in l986. A child’s risk of experiencing harm-causing sexual abuse or neglect has doubled since l986. Girls were sexually abused three […]

In recognition of *World AIDS Day,* this coming Friday and Saturday
(12/1 & 12/2) *BAM (The Brooklyn Academy of Music)* will hold a special
tribute for the most influential and important Afrobeat pioneer, *Fela
Kuti.* His inimitable mix of syncopated James Brown funk, West African
percussion, and politically driven lyrics paired with a “revolution
now” mentality, exposed the corruption and […]

JWANENG, BOTSWANA, AFRICA - NOVEMBER 29, 2006 - The Jwaneng Mine in Jwaneng, Botswana, the largest and richest diamond mine in the world by value, was visited by Russell Simmons and a delegation from the Simmons Jewelry Company. Simmons is on a fact-finding mission to South Africa and Botswana to explore how the diamond industry, […]

New York City, November 2, 2006: Russell Simmons and Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Co-Chairmen of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), the world’s largest, non-partisan, non-profit coalition of hip-hop artists and recording industry executives, announced today that HSAN’s Hip-Hop Team Vote is calling upon millions of youth and young adults to go to the polls […]

Washington, DC In the short time since its launch in June 2006, Powerful Beyond Measure (PBM) has made significant strides in building its youth program, the C.A. .P.E. League and emerging as a key advocacy institution for using creative strategies to help build communities.

HIP-HOP MOGUL ANNOUNCES
HUMANITARIAN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO SOUTHERN AFRICA
RUSSELL SIMMONS ACCEPTS INVITATION FROM THE DIAMOND INFORMATION CENTER TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA AND BOTSWANA
New York, NY - October 19, 2006 - Hip-Hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons announced today that he has accepted an invitation by the Diamond Information Center to lead a humanitarian fact-finding mission to South […]

HIP-HOP SUMMIT ACTION NETWORK’S
FOURTH ANNUAL ACTION AWARDS A HUGE SUCCESS

The embodiment of hip-hop empowerment was evident in full force at the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s (HSAN) Fourth Annual Action Awards. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Kanye West, Debra Lee and BET Networks and Steve Stoute were acknowledged and honored for their contributions to the hip-hop community. HSAN […]

Oct. 19: Join R.E.A.C.Hip-Hop and M1 at The Town Hall Meeting on Diversity and Ownership of the Media (NYC)
Join R.E.A.C.Hip-Hop and M1 at The Town Hall Meeting on Diversity and Ownership of the Media
Thursday, Oct. 19th, 2006 at 6 pm
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
East 68th St. (between Park and Lexington) New York City
As a […]