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Jasiri X is a Pittsburgh-based rapper and activist who gained national attention with his 2007 song "Free the Jena 6." He has continued to create music addressing social and political issues, including songs "Trayvon", following George Zimmerman's shooting of Trayvon Martin in February 2012, "Do We Need to Start a Riot?" and "What if the Tea Party was Black," and encouraged other hip-hop artists to engage these concerns as well.
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Jasiri X also has a YouTube-based show "This Week with Jasiri X" and has been an advocate for net neutrality particularly as it relates to protecting access for low-income people of color. He cofounded the anti-violence group One Hood, which includes a media academy teaching young black boys to analyze media as well as create their own.
In 2015, he was named an "Artist as Activist" fellow at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. In May 2016, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Chicago Theological Seminary.