Hip-Hop Says No On Prop 21

It looks as if hip-hop is at it?s highest peak since the days of African medallions.

Blackstar and Ozomatli will be headlining a benefit show for the "No On Prop 21" campaign in Los Angeles on March 3rd. Proceeds from the show will go towards the campaign against Proposition 21, in California, which proposes that juvenile gang members be tried as adults in cases concerning murder, rape, and robbery.

?It's criminal to lock minors up along with the general population of state penitentiaries. It's the criminalization of a generation. They want to put 14-year-old kids away and lock them up with men for the rest of their lives, try 'em as adults, put them in prison with adults - where they're 80 percent more likely to be sexually assaulted," says Ozomatli bassist Wil Dog.

With the impending vote in early March, other hip-hop artists and activists alike are banding together against Prop 21. Other hip-hoppers joining the fight are Dead Prez, The Coup, Company of Prophets. They will be holding a benefit show on Monday, 2/21 @ City Hall Plaza in Oakland.