March 23, 2006

'Worth': Hip-Hop and Philanthropy

By Brennen Jensen

PRESS CLIPPINGS

Successful hip-hop performers and producers are increasingly using their "affluence and cultural influence to achieve philanthropic goals," says Worth magazine (April). The article reports that, "as hip-hop enters its third decade, nearly every award-winning rap star boasts a charitable foundation."

While such activities are dismissed in some circles as a means for rappers to counter the more controversial aspects of their

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