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	<title><![CDATA[Iraqi-American Rapper Blasts Bush and Iraq War]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/iraqiamerican-rapper-blas_b_39518.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The music industry has been too silent for too long about the Iraq war. With the exception of a few bands like <a href="http://www.stateradio.com/">State Radio</a> and <a href="http://www.systemofadown.com/">System of a Down</a>, most artists (and record labels) have been either too detached or too afraid to address the most important issue of our time. </p>

<p>Hip-hop, the type of music that is arguably most influential among young people right now, has been especially silent. </p>

<p>Now that has finally changed. And it is...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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