Record unemployment with no end in sight has made the optimistic slogans of “hope” and “change” grow stale. If young people aren’t inspired to try again in 2012, the drop-off in the youth vote share could set progressive young America back 10 years.
That’s why the League collaborated with some of the country’s smartest artists and activists – including Heather Smith, E.D. of Rock the Vote; Chuck Creekmur, CEO of AllHipHop.com; and Jasiri X, Hip-Hop Activist and Artist – to bring our panel, Hip-Hop & Politics in 2012: Win The Future or WTF, to the 2012 South by Southwest Music Festival.
