Hip-Hop Network Takes On Mandatory Drug Sentences

Russell Simmons and his Hip-Hop Summit Action Network held a Countdown to Fairness press conference and rally today to urge New York Governor George Pataki to repeal the state’s infamous Rockefeller drug laws. “I’m finding support everywhere,” Simmons told RollingStone.com. “Rappers are the voice for disenfranchised poor people. And this hits home for the rap community.”