Hip Hop and the Nation of Islam

In April 1997, Minister Louis Farrakhan (who arrogated leadership of the reconstituted Nation of Islam in 1978) along with key figures in the Hip Hop Industry summoned rap artists from around the country to attend what eventually became the first official Hip Hop Peace Summit. The driving force behind the summit was to encourage and to educate East and West Coast rappers but mainly to put an end to the East/West rivalry that was threatening to implode the Hip Hop industry.

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