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Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, Chrysler Financial and Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Empower New York Youth with Financial Message: Get Your Money Right  

On April 22nd, 3,000 people participated in the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s first Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment in New York City at Manhattan Center Studios’ Hammerstein Ballroom and title sponsor Chrysler Financial and presenting sponsor Anheuser-Busch, Inc. were on hand to help make it happen.  The Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment’s “Get Your Money Right” National Tour, now in its second successful year, brings together the powerful combination of hip-hop celebrities and Chrysler Financial experts to speak with young people about the importance of financial literacy. The Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment is a grassroots effort to help engage young people in discussions about the importance of personal finance. The “Get Your Money Right” workbook, which is given to all participants, is available in both English and Spanish and is downloadable from www.hsan.org.

Shown here from left to right are: (back row) DJ Tony Touch, Ed Lover, Chrysler Financial representative James Whitlow, The Source Magazine’s Julie Als, Freddo Starr, Maino, Papoose, M1 of dead prez, Cherry Martinez from Power105.1, Jinx da Juve and HSAN President/CEO and Summit moderator Dr. Benjamin Chavis. (front row) BoyWonder, The Diplomat’s Jim Jones, Kerry “Krucial” Keys, LL Cool J, Violator CEO Chris Lighty, Nas, HSAN Chairman Russell Simmons, VP of Warner Brothers Music Group Kevin Liles and Chrysler Financial representative Gerrod Parchmon.