Media Center

Hip Hop Caucus experts ground their work in the intersections of social change, public policy, and cultural leadership.

For media interviews, contact:

media@hiphopcaucus.org

202.293.5902 or 310.800.6519

Recent Releases

Hip Hop Caucus and Beyond Petrochemicals Hosted ‘NOLA Green: So Fresh, Seaux Clean’ Climate and Culture Community Event in New Orleans

July 6, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Responds To U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on Presidential Immunity

July 1, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus demands Reproductive Freedom from the U.S. Supreme Court’s Idaho Emergency Abortion Decision

June 27, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Upholding Federal Ban on Guns for Domestic Abusers

June 21, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Responds To U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on Gun Bump Stock Ban

June 14, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Unanimous Decision Upholding Access to Widely-Used Abortion Medication

June 13, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Statement on the South Carolina Congressional Voting Map Redistricting Case

May 23, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Funding Mechanism

May 21, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Statement on the Louisiana Congressional Voting Map Redistricting Case

May 10, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus President & CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. to Deliver Commencement Addresses at Paul Smith’s College and The Piney Woods School

May 9, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus in the News

Rockin’ The Vote Even More: Music Industry Prepares For Election Day With Launch Of Music Votes Coalition

July 17, 2024

Yearwood: BIPOC Voices in Climate Activism

July 12, 2024

New climate initiatives from Big Freedia, the Hip Hop Caucus and New Orleans youth

July 8, 2024

Dawn Richard at Essence Fest

July 5, 2024

[Opinion] The paradox of public health solutions that worsen climate change

July 3, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus, Beyond Petrochemicals Bring Culture To Climate Movement Through Free Community-Building Event in New Orleans

June 27, 2024

Essence Festival on July 4, and more area community news

June 27, 2024

Press

Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr. discusses the need for liberation at the DC Environmental Film Festival

June 26, 2024

“Nola Green: So Fresh, Seaux Clean,” A Culture, Climate & Community Event

June 25, 2024

When The Movement is Strong, The Music is Strong feat. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

June 14, 2024

Music Industry Voting Initiative ‘Music Votes’ Launches

June 12, 2024

Howard Announces Season Two of University Podcast ‘HU2U’

June 12, 2024

Music Industry Nonprofits Launch Voting Initiative Aimed at Increasing 2024 Election Turnout

June 11, 2024

Music Votes: First-ever Industry-wise Voter Engagement Coalition Is Launched!

June 11, 2024

Music and the Movement

June 8, 2024

‘Time to Go for the Jugular’: Climate Movement Has New Plan to Destroy Big Oil

June 3, 2024

Black and Brown Voices Must Shape the 2024 Green Agenda

June 1, 2024

Collective Climate Action: Inspired Organizing for our Future

May 24, 2024

How police killings are kept hidden: “We don’t know how many George Floyd’s there are”

May 23, 2024

Banking Black and Green Campaign Strengthening the Economic Power of Frontline Communities of Color

May 20, 2024

Hundreds Rally at Capitol with Beyond Plastics to Reduce Waste

May 14, 2024

Unpaved: Greening the Urban Jungle with Dr. Manuel Pastor and Sissy Trinh | The Coolest Show

May 7, 2024

‘Hip Hop and the White House’ is a study in symbolic victory

May 2, 2024

Homegrown singer uses her fame to fight for environmental justice

April 30, 2024

Environmental Forum: Sharing Our Stories

April 30, 2024

Qualified immunity: A Necessity or a Tool that Exploits Race and Class?

April 29, 2024

Environmental Justice, Financial Literacy, and US-Africa Business

April 26, 2024

EPA limits 4 types of power plant pollution with sweeping rulemaking

April 25, 2024

Hip Hop Heroes: Battling Climate Injustice

April 23, 2024

OP-ED: On Earth Day, let’s prepare for the next climate battle

April 22, 2024

The Power of Black and Indigenous Voices This Earth Day and Beyond

April 19, 2024

Black-led Organizations, From Outdoor Afro to Justice Outside, Are Fighting for Environmental Justice

April 18, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus live with The Nikki Rich Show at NAACP Image Awards

April 16, 2024

Sold Out Screenings and Special Guests Mark a Successful Return for DC Environmental Film Festival

April 16, 2024

Marginalized Communities Need Big Environmental Wins

April 12, 2024

Q&A Session with Rev Yearwood on KXAN-CW

April 1, 2024

EPA Issues Final Standards on Heavy-duty Truck Emissions

March 31, 2024

Final trucking rule gives industry more time to go electric

March 29, 2024

EPA Sets Tough Standards on Climate Pollution From Heavy Trucks

March 29, 2024

EVs Could Meet Biden Climate Goals—Just Not Chinese Ones

March 29, 2024

Opening Night Eco-Documentaries Set the Pace for Film Festival

March 23, 2024

Senator Markey, Reverend Yearwood of Hip Hop Caucus Talk Green New Deal Movement on Latest Episode of “The Ed Markey Podcast”

March 22, 2024

“Environmental Film Festival Begins today in DC”

March 21, 2024

5 Films to See at the DC Environmental Film Festival (That Aren’t Sold Out)

March 18, 2024

DCEFF 2024 Lineup: From Otter Love Stories to Environmental Justice Battles

March 18, 2024

DC Environmental Fest Returns in a Crucial Year

March 17, 2024

Full list of NAACP Image Awards nominations as Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple nabs 16 nods

March 16, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus hosts ‘Candid with Climate’

March 2, 2024

A Word … With Jason Johnson Podcast: Green Black Power

March 1, 2024

Democrats Launch Congressional Hip-Hop Task Force With Aid Of Black Music Action Coalition

February 15, 2024

Social Justice Now Film Festival Announces 2024 Lineup

February 12, 2024

55th NAACP Image Awards nominees unveiled

February 9, 2024

The Light of Dawn Richard: Part 2

February 8, 2024

Using Hip-Hop to Ignite Political Change

February 1, 2024

Usher, Ayo Edebiri, Colman Domingo, Victoria Monét Dominate 2024 NAACP Image Award Nominations

January 25, 2024

Netflix and Amazon Lead Nominee List for the ’55th NAACP Image Awards’

January 25, 2024

Environmental Justice From a Place of Faith: Christian Leaders Reflect

January 14, 2024

Year in Climate: 2023

December 19, 2023

Progress on Diversity in the Green Workforce May Be Stalling, Annual Report Shows

December 15, 2023

U.N. Climate Conference Closes; D.C. Ramps Up Carbon-Free Vision

December 13, 2023

COP28 Interviews – Hip Hop Caucus: JaRel Clay

December 7, 2023

Dear Culture with Panama Jackson: The Best of Blackfessions

December 3, 2023

COP28, Day 2: The demand for “phase-out” is growing

December 1, 2023

WATCH: ExxonMobil’s Third Quarter Profits Higher Than 41 Countries’ GDP

November 22, 2023

Hip Hop Caucus fights to end Louisiana’s environmental injustices

November 21, 2023

Racial Justice Leaders Call Out Corporations For Reneging On Racial Equity Promises

November 12, 2023

Putting It All on the Line with Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. and Jacqueline Patterson

November 10, 2023

Dawn Richard Says She Is Providing ‘Proof’ That Black Animators Exist

November 9, 2023

The fight against Big Oil has a new target, and it’s leaving the home front

October 17, 2023

‘Fight is what killed him’: Medical expert testifies Tacoma police killed Manuel Ellis

October 16, 2023

Opinion: To shut down the supply side of climate change, start here

October 16, 2023

Sacrifice Zones: Reality of Systemic Racism and The New ‘Jim Crow’

October 14, 2023

Watch: The Hip-Hop Caucus and actress Amanda Seales rally to stop the construction of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’

September 28, 2023

What You Missed At The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 52nd Annual Legislative Conference

September 26, 2023

Annual Legislative Conference Concludes with Power Remarks from Biden and Harris

September 25, 2023

Amanda Seales calls out Cop City: “Policing is not for Black people”

September 25, 2023

Opposition to Atlanta training center takes national stage

September 23, 2023

Warnock on ALC52: ‘This caucus has been the tip of the spear of substantial change’

September 22, 2023

Environmental Justice and the Climate Crisis

September 22, 2023

Climate Experts Weigh In on Obstacles, Priorities and Hope

September 20, 2023

10 Hip-Hop Songs About Climate Change

September 18, 2023

Protesters take over NYC streets to tell Joe Biden to ‘end fossil fuels’

September 18, 2023

Back on the march: A superlative Manhattan day in pictures

September 17, 2023

Tens of thousands in NYC march against fossil fuels as AOC hails powerful message

September 17, 2023

Bill Gates, Marie Kondo and Others Will Speak at Times Climate Event

September 15, 2023

A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

September 14, 2023

Hip hop has been a climate voice for 50 years. Why haven’t more people noticed?

August 30, 2023

‘Racial Justice is Climate Justice’: Hip Hop Caucus CEO Emphasizes Environmental Justice at March on Washington

August 28, 2023

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., the President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, Speaking in front of Lincoln Memorial

August 28, 2023

Photos: 18th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina commemorated near levee break in Lower Ninth Ward

August 27, 2023

Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Second Line And Rally Set

August 24, 2023

Hurricane Katrina anniversary ceremony, second line and rally will be held Aug. 27

August 22, 2023

The Hip Hop Caucus: Moving Democracy Forward (Feat. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.)

August 17, 2023

What is the Stop Cop City Atlanta Campaign? Over-Policing vs Crime Prevention

August 15, 2023

California Senate Honoring Hip Hop and Dr. Dre Despite History of Violence Against Women

August 13, 2023

DMV entertainment lawyer looks to future while celebrating 50 years of hip hop

August 10, 2023

Groups Call on EPA to Ban Vinyl Chloride

July 31, 2023

In Climate Changing Detroit, What Does Water Mean?

July 30, 2023

Freshwater featured on Phil Lewis’s ‘What I’m Reading’ Newsletter

July 28, 2023

East Palestine advocates head to Washington

July 27, 2023

Biden EPA Urged to End Decades of Delay and Ban Vinyl Chloride

July 27, 2023

Helping communities transform unjust systems

July 21, 2023

Dawn Richard x Fadam at Broccoli City Festival 2023

July 20, 2023

LA’s Underserved Communities to Receive $12M for Green Spaces Including Pacoima Wash

July 19, 2023

Broccoli City Fest is a celebration of culture and community

July 19, 2023

Examining the Influence of 50 years of Hip Hop on Planning and Redevelopment

July 18, 2023

Bezos fund gives $12 million to LA nonprofits for green space in underserved areas

July 17, 2023

Chair Chat: Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr.

July 12, 2023

Resisting Erasure: The Ms. Q&A With Dee Barnes, Hip-Hop Legend

July 12, 2023

Activists galvanize to get 70,000 signatures on petition to stop Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’

July 11, 2023

Supreme Court and Affirmative Action in Higher Education

June 29, 2023

Brandi Williams on Headlines w/ Sybil Wilkes and Alycia Cooper

June 29, 2023

Standing Strong: Hip Hop Caucus Supports Dee Barnes

June 24, 2023

Dawn Richard Talks Afrofuturism, Empowerment, Hip Hop Caucus

June 14, 2023

Dive Deep into Afrofuturism at the National Museum of African American History

June 6, 2023

Climate advocates rally outside Goldman Sachs shareholder meeting

April 26, 2023

Banks Accused of Placing ‘Profit Over People and Our Planet’ as Investor Climate Resolutions Fail

April 25, 2023

Beyond Net Zero: Climate Justice Requires More Than Carbon Accounting

April 24, 2023

Why should Black people care about Earth Day?

April 21, 2023

Grijalva cheers Biden EJ order after landmark bill stalls

April 21, 2023

Hip Hop Caucus is a national, non-profit and non-partisan organization that connects the Hip Hop community to the civic process to build power and create positive change.

Respect my vote!

© 2024 Hip Hop Caucus. All Rights Reserved.