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RUSSELL SIMMONS WANTS PRIVATE MEETING ON HIP HOP: Invitation-only gathering to reportedly take place Wednesday at home of Lyor Cohen.
Press conference/protest against rap lyrics planned on the left coast this morning
*HSAN Chairman Russell Simmons has called for a closed door meeting to discuss the current state of hip hop.
National attention has once again turned toward offensive and misogynistic rap lyrics after Don Imus used the word “ho” to describe members of the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. Many are calling the recent firing of Imus a double standard, as rappers have used the term for decades without consequence.
According to Allhiphop.com, Simmons called a meeting for Wednesday at the Manhattan home of music exec Lyor Cohen to discuss the future of hip hop, and ways in which the genre can move forward in a positive direction.
The meeting will include artists and executives who are involved in the hip hop community, the Web site reports.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, led by community activist/author Earl Ofari Hutchinson, has scheduled a press conference this morning at 10am in front of Geffen Records.
The groups aim is to call on David Geffen endorsed Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama to urge the label to denounce gangster rap lyrics, even though Geffen is now owned by Universal Music Group.
The group is also demanding a meeting with meeting with David Geffen and Snoop Dogg on "offensive rap lyrics."
Where: Interscope Geffen AM Records, 2200 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica
When: Tuesday, April 17, 10:00 AM
What: A coalition of civil rights and women’s group leaders will call for an urgency meeting with David Geffen and rapper Snoop Dogg and for them to make a public endorsement of “A Gangster Rappers Pledge for Clean Rap Lyrics.” Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson will also call on Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama who has been endorsed by and received major campaign funding from Geffen to issue a statement denouncing gangster rap lyrics and urging Geffen records to sign the pledge for clean rap lyrics.
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