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With just days left in office, Obama pushed for national unity and expressed hope in millennials.

"Apologize for challenging you to be President for all of America? Lol."

OK, so the headline reads "Justin Bieber is More Popular than Any Politician: Russell Simmons." So I just had to read it. And Justin helped get the attention of the White House. This was dealing with prison sentencing reform. Were cases that involved small time and non-violent drug offenders to be condemned...

The mysterious case of Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Texas jail earlier this month, has sparked outrage all over social media as people are demanding answers. Rappers and singers like Jeezy, K. Michelle and Talib Kweli are among the chorus of people calling for an explanation in Bland’s death.

In New York, Washington, D.C., and around the globe, thousands of demonstrators marched on Saturday (Dec. 13) in protest of police violence on black men and women. Among the demonstrators were members of the hip-hop community including Nas and Russell Simmons.

The Occupy Wall Street protests are going strong in several cities, and now famous names are starting to get involved. Gothamist reports that hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons guided Kanye West through the crowds of the Occupy protest in New York City’s Zuccotti Park on Monday afternoon, but their brush with the front lines of class warfare didn’t last long. After a brief cameo, both Simmons and West