Founded in 2004, HipHopRepublican.com is a political/music blog based in New York City. It is led by a group of young moderate Republican and Libertarian bloggers (and independent conservatives) of all racial, economic, and social backgrounds , all of whom possess diverse viewpoints and hail from urban regions across the United States. The blog was born of a frustration with blind party loyalty, over 40 years of mismanaged urban polices, and a Republican Party that seems to have forgotten about urban America. Our hope is that the Republican Party will create and launch an urban agenda that empowers people, not governmental institutions.  We also believe that effective outreach—not to be confused with pandering— is the only way to grow our Party in communities where we are currently under-represented. It is a valid, necessary, and smart business model for reaching our broader goals of winning elections and remaining politically relevant.

RNC Credentialed Republican National Convention Blog: HipHopRepublican.com was a 2008 RNC Credentialed Convention Blog in Saint Paul, Minnesota

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                                                                               *What Others Are Saying*

“While some blacks lean conservative on issues like abortion and gay marriage, Web sites like HipHopRepublican.com raise issues important to blacks that many Americans are concerned about health care, affordable housing, the economy, the environment and education”

-The New York Times

“I regularly read HipHopRepublican.com. It’s just refreshing to know that there is this spectrum of opinion out there that exists.

-Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee

“A very likely” McCain vote, but a more moderate one”

- Nikki Schwab, US News & World Report

“There is one demographic category, however, that regularly is overlooked. It is a group that most people simply laugh off, are puzzled by or outright dismiss. Meet the “Hip-Hop Republicans”

-The Root.com

“While most blacks are savoring the moment blogs like HipHopRepublican.com believe its time for change within its own party too”

-BBC News

“Leaders from the popular youth blog HipHopRepublican.com sat down with me to talk about opportunities that their party could harness if they were only willing to do the kind of outreach that Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama’s campaign does”

- MTV’s Rock The Vote

“Young, Black, Palin-Proud Republicans her outnumbered, seemingly unlikely supporters”

- Village Voice

“The term Hip-Hop Republican is one some would consider the definitive oxymoron. Hip-Hop is young, urban and cutting edge. The Republican Party … not so much. So upon first hearing the term several months ago on CNN.com, I almost fell off my chair”

- Taking Back Politics Magazine

“At the center of this GOP avant-garde movement are the Hip-Hop Republicans, a group of young, black men and women who believe that the Republican Party must seriously confront issues of race, must turn its attention back to the United States’ urban centers, and should use traditional Republican solutions to solve the ills of our cities”

- Campus Progress

“There is still not a lot of action on the floor of the convention hall, which is giving bloggers (stationed far above the floor) time to get to know each other. To our right is Hip Hop Republican, Hip Hop Republicans as those who see that “for far too long, urban areas have been controlled by a Democrat monopoly and ignored by head-in-the-sand Republican leaders”

-The Heritage Foundation Blog

 “Hip- Hop Republicanism”: The Movement

By Richard Ivory

“Hip- Hop Republicanism” is a growing urban movement of progressive urban conservatives. We are  a grassroots movement born out of a frustration with blind party loyalty and 40-plus years of mismanaged urban polices. We are an urban  movement that seeks to empower the individual positively while seeking to effect change in urban communities. Republicans are not anti-government, but believe in efficient and where possible limited government. Republicans belive that government should provide a hand up not a hand out.

As such, we Hip-Hop Republicans believe that government’s social contract and our moral compass require helping those in need. Nevertheless, we also believe that if a non-governmental entity can provide a more efficient service it should be allowed too. As urban Republicans, we believe that any entitlement program should include metrics of proven success and should have as its ultimate aim the empowerment of the individual not the government. This means that any temporary guarantee of assistance must be accompanied by requisite training.

In his, article “The Blueprint for Urban Conservatism?” Brandon Brice, a Harlem resident and self-described “Hip- Hop Republican,” noted that the economic power of Hip Hop culture has created more African-American entrepreneurs than any other industry in America, which gives partial credence to our adoption of the name. The mission of the Urban Republican movement is to highlight and provide solutions for real issues; health care affordability, fiscal responsibility, solutions to better inner city schools and job creation.

An example of a vibrant urban Republican agenda can be found on the website of The DC Republican Committee (DCRC) which created a document entitled “A Republican Urban Agenda”. Many urban Republicans can support this document. We believe that this document can be a start in implementing an effective strategy that Republicans can use nationwide. If the Republican Party is going to take its fight to urban American, it must be prepared and it must be in sync with the people it seeks to empower.

Richard Ivory is the Founder and Publisher of Hip-Hop Republican.com

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