Panel connects hip-hop to 2008 election, voting

[Cal Poly Bot]

A national touring panel shared its opinions about hip-hop, youth vote activism and how they relate to the 2008 presidential election on Tuesday night in Fisher Science room 286.

While much of the forum, "Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop," centered on how Americans ages 35 and under have come to be defined as the so-called "hip-hop generation," other hot topics included the prevalence of race consciousness in American society as well as voter apathy.

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