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Hip Hop Artist and Activist Michael Franti On the Failures of the Music Community Sinceseptember 11

For nearly a decade hip hop artist and activist Michael Franti has been one of the leading progressive voices inmusic. Rising out of the Bay Area music and political scene in the early 1990’s, Franti founded the Beatnigs,Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy, and most recently the musical collective Spearhead. Michael’s music mixes hip hop,soul and jazz influences but is driven by his political lyrics.


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