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Lupe Fiasco, Rev Yearwood President & CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, Author & Poet Jessica Care Moore, Civil Rights Historian Gregory Reed & Radio-One Program Director Jay Hicks

To Conduct Town Hall Meeting On The Current State of HIP HOP

HOSTED BY JOHN MASON OF RADIO ONE
SUNDAY JULY 29, 2012 – DETROIT, MI

Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Part 1 Out September 25

WHO: Grammy Award winning recording artist Lupe Fiasco, Rev Yearwood President & CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, Author & Poet Jessica Care Moore, Entertainment Lawyer / Civil Rights Historian Gregory Reed, and Radio-One Program Director Jay Hicks.

WHAT: Grammy Award winning recording artist Lupe Fiasco, Rev Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus, Author & Poet Jessica Care Moore, Entertainment Lawyer / Civil Rights Historian Gregory Reed, and Radio-One Program Director Jay Hicks conduct a town hall meeting to discuss on the current state of Hip Hop music and culture. The panel will take place in front of an audience of Detroit youth and adults and will be moderated by legendary radio personality John Mason of Radio-One. Partnering with Radio-One is the Hip Hop Caucus’ Respect My Vote! campaign, The City of Detroit, and BET.

Lupe Fiasco’s new album Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Part 1 will be released on September 25, 2012.

WHEN:  Sunday July 29, 2012
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

WHERE: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
Ford Auditorium Room

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"State of Hip Hop": Lupe Fiasco joins Detroit Respect My Vote! Town Hall

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Lupe Fiasco will be joining the Respect My Vote! Town Hall Meeting in Detroit on July 29, 2012

Grammy winning rapper, Lupe Fiasco will join national and local leaders and the Detroit community are coming together this Sunday, July 29, 2012 from 4pm – 7pm at the Charles H Wright African American Museum to discuss the “State of Hip Hop” and Hip Hop culture’s and those who subscribe to it, ability to be agents of positive change in the world today.

The Town Hall is being co-convened by the Respect My Vote! campaign, Hip Hop Caucus Detroit, Detroit’s Radio-One, and the City of Detroit.

The Town Hall will discuss employment, economic, social and political challenge faced by the Detroit community and state of Michigan. Participants will be able to register to vote at the Town Hall, and participate in the discussion.

Lupe Fiasco’s new album Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Part 1 will be released on September 25, 2012. He will discuss the role of Hip Hop music and culture in creating needed change.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: Lupe Fiasco, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. President & CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, Author & Poet Jessica Care Moore, Civil Rights Historian Gregory Reed, and Radio-One Program Director Jay Hicks

MODERATED BY: John Mason of Radio-One, one of Detroit’s most legendary voices

WHEN:  Sunday July 29, 2012
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

WHERE: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (map below)
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
Ford Auditorium Room

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ARRIVE EARLY

Not in Detroit? Join us via twitter. Follow @HipHopCaucus for live-tweeting of the townhall. And tweet your questions for Lupe Fiasco and any of the speakers between now and Sunday by using the hashtag #RespectMyVote. Top questions will be asked at the Town Hall and answered via Twitter!

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