Mobilizing the Hip-Hop Generation

Hip-hop doesn't need to get more political, political movements need to get more hip-hop. So I don't agree with all of the complaining in this "Mobilizing the Hip-Hop Generation" article but this is a good quote:

...there are many philanthropists and large foundations out there scratching their heads trying to figure out how to fund movements of social change at the street or grassroots level. The problem is that because of invisible barriers like age, race, and class, the philanthropic world has been historically cut off from the underground world of hip-hop, a situation that hurts both the activists and the funders. "The people who are giving out the funding tend to be pretty conservative," said James Kass, founder of YouthSpeaks. "Once they’re set in their ways, it takes some time for them to change. There is a gap between the foundations and the organizations they want to support."

Word up.