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143 �śThe most important thing we gotta do”: Ta-Nehisi Coates, �śCompa$$ionate Capitali$m,” Village Voice, January 7–13, 2004.

144 New York State Department of Correctional Services, http://www.docs.state.ny.us/

docs.html.

145 �śI also want to see”: Al Baker, �śMovement Seen for Change on Rockefeller Drug Laws. New York Times, June 4, 2003.

145 �śRepeal or reform, I think, are semantics”: Al Baker and Thomas J. Lueck, �śPataki and Hip-Hop Mogul Discuss Revising Drug Laws,” New York Times, June 3, 2003.

145 �śI negotiate deals everyday”: Lynda Richardson, �śTurning Hip-Hop Rhyme Against Long Jail Time,” New York Times, June 17, 2003.

145 �śin this session, there will not be a full”: Ibid.

146 �śthe President of hip-hop”: Ta-Nehisi Coates, �śCompa$$ionate Capitali$m,”

Village Voice, January 7–13, 2004.

147 �śIt is the clearest example of the wealthy”: Tome Precious, �śCelebrity Access Breeds Albany Discontent,” Buffalo News, June 20, 2003.

147 �śwe have to close this”: James C. McKinley Jr. with Lynette Holloway, New York Times, June 25, 2003.

147 �śI’m out of here”: Johnnie L. Roberts, �śBeyond Definition,” Newsweek, p. 40, July 28, 2003.

147 �śI feel it is disservice to the people”: Al Baker, �śAlbany Leaders Say They Fell Just Short on Drug-Law Deal,” New York Times, Section B; p. 6; Column 5; June 20, 2003.

148 �śI have never targeted”: R. Thomas Umstead, �śKeeping a Fabulous Outlook,”

Multi-channel News, Jan. 27, 2003, p. 1.

148 �śhelping provide a voice”: Austin Fenner, �śA Hip-Hopping Mad Rally Over ’70s Drug Laws,” New York Daily News, June 4, 2003, p. 31.

152 �śis a non-profit, non-partisan national”: see the section About Hip-Hop Summit Action Network at http://www.hsan.org/.

153 �śI’m not a stranger in the hood,” Neil A. Lewis, �śVeteran of Rights Movement to Lead N.A.A.C.P.,” New York Times, section 1, p. 6, col. 3, April 9, 1993.

153 �śHe’s not judgmental”: April McClellan-Copeland, �śBen Bounces Back,” p. 11, Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 8, 2003.

155 �śAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau”: �śVoting and Registration in the Election of November 2000,” U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics

Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, February 2002.

155 �śApparently, if you’re 23, you’re against”: Brain McCollum, �śDetroit Hip-Hop Summit Storms In, Slips Away,” Detroit Free Press, May 24, 2004.

155 �śSimmons and his summit”: Ibid.

156 �śI’m hoping that we get to see”: Robert Stanton, �śHip-hop Fans Promote Activism in Community,”; p. 01, The Houston Chronicle, January 29, 2004.

156 �śMany of them left the event”: Interview with Ada Edwards.

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