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EMINEM HOSTS DETROIT HIP-HOP SUMMIT 2004
HIP-HOP TEAM VOTE CELEBRATES FIRST NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY
THOUSANDS OF YOUTH REGISTER TO VOTE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
NEW YORK, N.Y. MAY 18, 2004 Russell Simmons, Dr. Benjamin Chavis and TheHip-Hop Summit Action Network announced today that Detroit native and multi-platinum hip-hop artist Eminem, will host the Detroit Hip-Hop Summit, Saturday, May 22nd from 12noon to 4pm at the Fox Theater, located at 2211 Woodward Avenue in Detroit. Co-chairs of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network –
Damon Dash, Sean ³P Diddy² Combs and Kevin Liles – have all worked with Simmons and Chavis in helping to reach out to youth across America around HSAN¹s Youth Voter Registration and GOTV initiative, called Hip-Hop TeamVote, first launched one year ago at the Detroit Hip-Hop Summit ¹03. This
coming weekend has been declared ³Hip-Hop Weekend² in Detroit by Clear
Channel Radio¹s FM98 WJLB and a capacity audience is expected in Detroit¹s
historic Fox Theater.
Headlining the Detroit Summit with Eminem will be 50 Cent, The G Unit, D12, Obie Trice, the Ying Yang Twins, Reverend Run of Run-DMC, Doug E. Fresh and Layzie Bone of Bone, Thugs ~N~ Harmony, among others
“I know people been down on Eminem, but all I ever see is him giving back,”emphasized HSAN Chairman, Russell Simmons. “They can talk about me, but Eminem is a giver and I’m proud to work with him.”
Dr. Benjamin Chavis stated, ³We¹re excited about returning to the city of Detroit and working again with Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who serves as a
shining light of hope and leadership, not only for youth in Detroit, but for
young people throughout America. We intend to celebrate the evolution of
hip-hop throughout the state of Michigan, and to encourage the largest youth
voter registration in the state¹s history.²
The national corporate sponsors for the Detroit Hip-Hop Summit are Anheuser-Busch, Inc, Playstation2 and Pirelli. The radio sponsor is FM98
WJLB.
