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  • New generation of music central to protest

    The sound of insistent drumming bounces off the sides of nearby office towers announcing the location of the Occupy Wall Street home base long before its inhabitants are otherwise seen or heard.


  • Music, voting and marching on Occupy agenda

    Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City went old school on Tuesday as activist musicians David Crosby and Graham Nash delivered a touch of Woodstock, plans for a march to Washington were unveiled and some participants practiced another kind of democracy _ voting.


  • Rappers take to mic in Oakland Occupy protest

    Hip hop heavyweights known as much for their fiery political lyrics as for their bass-pounding beats have been among the thousands marching, tweeting and sharing dinner with protestors in the Occupy Oakland protests in recent weeks.


  • Raymond "Boots" Riley of the Coup, a hip-hop group, has become a regular presence at the Occupy Oakland encampments, taking up bullhorns and staying until dawn even amid clashes with police. "I'm trying to make a soundtrack out there that rallies people around certain ideas about living in this system into motivation,"  he said. (Associated Press)

    Rap, leftist politics converge in Oakland

    Hip-hop heavyweights known as much for their fiery political lyrics as for their bass-pounding beats have been among the thousands marching, tweeting and sharing dinner with protesters in the Occupy Oakland protests in recent weeks.


  • Celebrities come out for Wall Street protest

    As the nearly monthlong Occupy Wall Street protests have grown, they've attracted the support of celebrities.


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