With 2.3 million behind bars the US has more people incarcerated than any other country. Without hope, the prisons are currently breeding violence, racism and anger to be released back into our streets (97% of men come back out) fueling this endless cycle of violence and incarceration. In short prisons are modern day slavery at its finest!

Since its beginnings, hip-hop has been the “CNN of the ghetto” so in that spirit we are producing a “soundtrack” to the above video which is an international collaboration to give a voice to the voiceless.  This is NOT an album- this is a movement, so the question is how far do you want to take it?

Format:

1) Each artist(s) submits an individual track that speaks to what is happening behind bars. They can base this on their own experiences with the (in) justice system or I can send them an actual letter from a prisoner (think Letters from Birmingham- Martin Luther King Jr) if they want to give voice to an actual ongoing situation.

2) We will produce an instrumental track to which each artist can submit an 8-bar verse that is based on the fallowing letter: http://obamaanswerthis.com/the-letter-to-obama/ ALL VERSES will be based on THE SAME LETTER. I will select the best verses to be part of the title track entitled “Dear Mr. President”

Submissions are to be done online by Feb 22nd- the sooner the better Space is Limited. As they come in they will be put on the site. Once the album is finished it will be distributed online, through the artists, radio etc.

Contact: joanna.marinova@gmail.com if you have any questions

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