>hip-hop would be a great medium, however whenever I ask >hip-hop peeps about this they're either apathetic, or too >demoralized to believe that the idea has any merit. So I've >got to find a way to hip them to the possibilities.
True statement for sure.
I think we need to remind (oursleves and others) that this movement came from the disenfranchised and is a political movement at its core.
I also have been reading about the power of hip-hop in South America and how it is becoming a viable force down there.