Democrats Launch Hip-Hop Task Force To Combat Racial Inequality

Democrats are forming a coalition to leverage the influence of music in addressing key issues impacting Black and Brown Americans.

On Wednesday, representatives Jamaal Bowman, Hank Johnson, André Carson, and Delia Ramirez introduced the Congressional Hip-Hop Power and Justice Task Force, led by the Black Music Action Coalition.

“Black Music Action Coalition’s mission is to work with business leaders and lawmakers to utilize the music industry’s influence to impact federal policies that address racial and social justice,” said BMAC co-founder Willie “Prophet” Stiggers. “The RAP Act is just one example of how aligning BMAC’s efforts in tandem with the Congressional Hip-Hop Task Force is a natural extension of Black Music Action Coalition’s work supporting solutions to mass incarceration, justice reform, and economic hardships disparately impacting marginalized communities … BMAC looks forward to centralizing our energy with the first-ever Hip-Hop Power and Justice Task Force to activate legislation that protects the Black community.”

“They were very instrumental in creating a curriculum and blueprint for my life,” Bowman told The Hill. “I owe a lot of who I am to the lessons that they taught me on and through their music.”