HHDX News Bits (Hip Hop's Presidential Candidate, Al Sharpton & Diddy)

If Jared Ball has his way, Hip Hop will one day have a President to call its own. Ball is running for the Green Partys nomination. For those not familiar with Ball, he is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University, located in Baltimore. Hes also been active within Hip Hop culture as a journalists and radio host. Ball cites the need for a more than a two party system and that the Green Party is the party best suited to make change in the country. I am running because the true majority of women, the poor, Black, Latino and Indigenous people need organization, need a place to cohere and the Green Party is the structure with the expressed platform that can provide just that kind of liberated space and I am the candidate that can properly articulate such a need. The party's freedom from corporate dominance, its commitment to social justice and redistribution of society's wealth and service and its call for diversity are far more substantive that those false claims of such made with varying degree by other parties, he stated in a letter that appears on Davey Ds web site. To read the statement in its entirety, visit www.daveyd.com

Al Sharpton is at it again. Sharptons National Action Network (NAN) is set for a 20 city protest of violent, misogynistic and profane language in media (read: Hip Hop media) aptly titled National Day of Outrage. The protests will take place in several major U.S. cities including, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago . Each protest will include a pres conference and will culminate outside of the offices of a major media distributor.

Sean Diddy Combs will add a womens line to his Sean John collection. The line will debut in time for the holiday season and is a collaborative project with G-III Apparel. The junior line will include velour track suits, graphic tees and denim, all to be priced between $34-299. Bad Boy artist Cassie, Asia from the Pussy Cat Dolls and actress Lauren London will be featured in forthcoming ad campaigns. "From day to night, the new Sean John collection for women is glamorous and sexy with the style and swagger that customers have come to expect from our label, Diddy says of the womens line.