RUSSELL BACKS
OBAMA
The hip hop mogul is the next
celeb in line to back the
Democratic hopeful
OBAMA
The hip hop mogul is the next
celeb in line to back the
Democratic hopeful
(March 5) Following behind other celebrities who have publicly announced their presidential
hopefuls such as Oprah Winfrey and Academy Award winners Halle Berry and Jamie Foxx,
hip hop mogul Russell Simmons released in a statement yesterday that he is also endorsing
Democratic Sen. Obama Barrack to be the next President of the United States.
The statement is as follows:
Today I am announcing my personal endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for
President of the United States. During the last nine months, I have closely observed the
presidential campaigns, analyzed the issues and platforms of the major candidates, and
have had substantive discussions with Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. From the
sidelines of the primaries and debates, I have been particularly inspired by the fact that
Senator Obama has built an unprecedented, national movement comprised of people
from all ethnic, racial, political, social and economic backgrounds.
In particular, the response to Obama by young voters across America continues to be
monumental. Obama's leadership, passion and demand for a change resonates
effectively with the aspirations of millions of people who want a better quality of life. This is
truly a transcendent and historic moment in American politics and I am obligated not to
remain on the sidelines.
Although I have great respect for the accomplishments of Senator Clinton and I have
personally worked with Senator Clinton successfully on issues concerning education,
prison reform and poverty, I am now compelled by my own personal conscience to publicly
state, "I support and endorse Barack Obama for President."
As the Chairman of the non-partisan, nonprofit The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding,
it is my personal opinion that Senator Obama's campaign for President has and will
continue to transcend race in America and have a profound positive impact on the very
issues I have been fighting for my whole life. Many of you know my work as Chairman of
the non-partisan, nonprofit Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Hip-Hop as a cultural
phenomena is also about transformation and taking action to end poverty, war and
ignorance. While I am endorsing Senator Obama as a private citizen, I am in complete
solidarity with the transformative consciousness of the growing number artists and young
people from the hip-hop generation that are overwhelmingly supporting Obama.
Source: Press Release
hopefuls such as Oprah Winfrey and Academy Award winners Halle Berry and Jamie Foxx,
hip hop mogul Russell Simmons released in a statement yesterday that he is also endorsing
Democratic Sen. Obama Barrack to be the next President of the United States.
The statement is as follows:
Today I am announcing my personal endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for
President of the United States. During the last nine months, I have closely observed the
presidential campaigns, analyzed the issues and platforms of the major candidates, and
have had substantive discussions with Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. From the
sidelines of the primaries and debates, I have been particularly inspired by the fact that
Senator Obama has built an unprecedented, national movement comprised of people
from all ethnic, racial, political, social and economic backgrounds.
In particular, the response to Obama by young voters across America continues to be
monumental. Obama's leadership, passion and demand for a change resonates
effectively with the aspirations of millions of people who want a better quality of life. This is
truly a transcendent and historic moment in American politics and I am obligated not to
remain on the sidelines.
Although I have great respect for the accomplishments of Senator Clinton and I have
personally worked with Senator Clinton successfully on issues concerning education,
prison reform and poverty, I am now compelled by my own personal conscience to publicly
state, "I support and endorse Barack Obama for President."
As the Chairman of the non-partisan, nonprofit The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding,
it is my personal opinion that Senator Obama's campaign for President has and will
continue to transcend race in America and have a profound positive impact on the very
issues I have been fighting for my whole life. Many of you know my work as Chairman of
the non-partisan, nonprofit Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Hip-Hop as a cultural
phenomena is also about transformation and taking action to end poverty, war and
ignorance. While I am endorsing Senator Obama as a private citizen, I am in complete
solidarity with the transformative consciousness of the growing number artists and young
people from the hip-hop generation that are overwhelmingly supporting Obama.
Source: Press Release
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