‘Black America’s CNN’: 10 Rappers Who Are Tweeting About Ferguson

By Jamilah King Aug 14, 2014

In the late 1980s, Public Enemy’s Chuck D famously declared that "Rap is CNN for black people." To the extent that that’s true nearly three decades later, rappers across the country have been tweeting in reaction to the police violence that’s been unleashed on the black residents in Ferguson in the aftermath of Mike Brown’s killing. Some, like Bambu and Jasiri X, are actively involved in community organizing. Others, like Jean Grae, have reached back into their personal histories to talk about the legacies of state-sanctioned violence. And then there’s Questlove, who’s not a rapper, but as influential as any musician in America right now. No matter the message, thousands of fans are tuned in.