Watch Jay Smooth’s Hip-Hop History Lesson for Activists

By Jamilah King Nov 18, 2014

Jay Smooth offers up some valuable hip-hop history for activists ahead of Fusion’s launch of RiseUp!, a new series that celebrates youth activism. Instead of indicting younger activists, which so often is the norm these days, Jay encourages them: "Every critique young people get about their activism right now is what we got about our music and culture back then," he says. "When a whole bunch of people who never cared what you were doing suddenly notice the work you are doing enough to want tell you you aren’t doing it right, that means you’re probably doing something right."

(h/t Fusion)