According to the Detroit News, the Hip Hop Summit will be back in action in Detroit on April 14th of this year.
Let’s not lie for a moment and ask ourselves - Is this not a day-long sales-pitch by the likes of Anheuser-Busch and Chrysler Financial? Sure such an event brings positives elements, in that the event is free to attend and it brings money into the community, but what changes have been implemented by the community as a result of the Hip Hop Summit Action Network? What golden pieces of advice can “luminaries” such as G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks offer us?
Perhaps the best perspective can be given by this excerpt of an article covering the 2003 event in the Metro Times.
D12’s Obie Trice was one of the more eloquent speakers, particularly when it came to the pathetic state of radio. At one point he took the WJLB program director K.J. Holiday to task saying that station doesn’t spin enough local music. “’JLB is definitely down with Detroit,” Holiday retorted, a comment that provoked discernible boos from artists in the audience.
(Despite the author claiming Obie was a D12 member, his article makes good points)
That was four years ago. The same could be said for 2007. Besides the Network placing Obie Trice on the event panel in subsequent years, what’s changed? Which goals outlined in HSAN’s mission statement have been reached? The Hip Hop Summit is what it is. True empowerment of the community can come from within. A Detroit solution to a Detroit problem.
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