Charlamagne Tha God, radio personality of nationally syndicated Power 105 “Breakfast Club” and Star on MTV2 “Uncommon Sense” will serve as a spokesperson for the campaign. Respect My Vote! targets voters in urban communities and on college campuses, ages 18-40 years-old, to register and get out to vote. 

Respect My Vote! is a national Hip Hop culture-based campaign that reaches the disenfranchised with celebrity spokespeople, social media influencers, and community leaders.  People can register to vote at www.respectmyvote.com, and join the campaign by pledging to vote, signing up to volunteer in their communities, and spreading the word through their social networks online.  Starting in the month of May, Respect My Vote! will implement on-the-ground voter registration drives in cities and on campuses across the country with emphasis on states such as Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Colorado, Nevada and North Carolina. The grassroots drives will be active through voter registration deadlines and then will become major voter turnout drives to get voters to the polls for early voting and on Election Day.

For more information about the Respect My Vote! campaign and to get informed on ex-offenders laws from state to state, please visit www.respectmyvote.com.

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Charlamagne Tha God, Radio Personality on Power 105 “Breakfast Club” and MTV2 “Uncommon Sense” Host is First Celebrity Announced to Join 2016 Campaign as Voice to Combat Disenfranchisement within Political Process.

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The Hip Hop Caucus, a national non-profit that makes change happen by empowering the Hip Hop community to participate in the civic process, has launched its non-partisan voter registration and education campaign, Respect My Vote! for the 2016 general election.  Charlamagne Tha God, radio personality of nationally syndicated Power 105 “Breakfast Club” and Star on MTV2 “Uncommon Sense” will serve as a spokesperson for the campaign. Respect My Vote! targets voters in urban communities and on college campuses, ages 18-40 years-old, to register and get out to vote.

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Charlamagne Tha God has been announced as the 2016 ‘Respect My Vote’ Spokesperson.

Via Hip Hop Caucus:

Respect My Vote! Campaign has traditionally had high profile spokespeople from the hip hop community with T.I in 2004 and 2 Chainz in 2008. That trend continues in 2016 with Charlemagne. Who is most certainly a powerful and respected figure in media and entertainment.

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Ebro in the Morning sat down with Rev Lennox Yearwood for an important conversation about the importance of voting, engaging the young hip hop generation, and the Respect My Vote campaign.

He spoke about the importance of the 2016 election and is trying to make sure the amount of people voting does not decrease as he feels we are literally “fighting for our lives.”

For more information on the campaign visit Respect My Vote website.

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The bold and unapologetic Charlamagne Tha God is bringing his voice to young voters as the spokesperson for The Hip Hop Caucus’ ‘Respect My Vote!‘ campaign, urging the youth to discover the power of the voting process.

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Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. went on “Good Morning Washington” to discuss the launch of the 2016 Respect My Vote! campaign. The live segment, which aired Tuesday, March 15th, featured Hip Hop Caucus as a national organization whose mission is to connect the hip hop community to the civic process.

Rev Yearwood spoke about Hip Hop Caucus’ “Supreme Justice” campaign and the importance of teaching young voters about the role of the Supreme Court and the nomination process to the court given the vacancy the President and Senate need to fill on the bench.

Rev Yearwood also discussed the support of hip hop’s biggest celebrities in mobilizing young voters who are energized by the opportunity to make change through policy and the political process. Rev Yearwood ended the interview with a powerful message to young people: “People died for you to vote. People died for you to make sure your voice can be heard.”

The full segment is here: http://wjla.com/features/good-morning-washington/hip-hop-caucus-connecting-the-hip-hop-community-to-the-civic-process