Earth Day and Hip-Hop Go Hand in Hand

Posted on April 25, 2010
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Today in Washington, D.C., people who care about the environment are heading down to the National Mall for the Earth Day Network’s Climate Rally. After all, Earth Day turned 40 this year, and there’s a lot to celebrate!

This year’s event boasts a fair amount of star power:

The Climate Rally will include notable speakers Reverend Jesse Jackson, film director James Cameron, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Olympic gold medalist Billy Demong, producer Trudie Styler, author Margaret Atwood, NFL player and television personality Dhani Jones, environmental photographer Sebastian Copeland and many more.

The Climate Rally will also feature live music from Sting, John Legend, The Roots, Jimmy Cliff, Passion Pit, Bob Weir, Willie Colón, Joss Stone, Robert Randolph, Patrick Stump, Mavis Staples, Booker T, Honor Society and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger.

John Legend and The Roots aren’t the only hip-hop stars who care about clean energy. Above is an Earth Day video collaboration from Repower America and Biz Markie, remixing Biz’s 1989 hit “Just A Friend” (and, we might add, featuring someone who looks a lot like our pal Obama Girl, who supported SmartPower’s America’s Greenest Campus contest with a video of her own last year).

Russell Simmons also did his part, appearing in an America’s Greenest Campus PSA. Simmons compared the groundbreaking effects of hip-hop to the potential of America’s youth, urging them to lighten their carbon footprint. Watch it:

How did you celebrate Earth Day?

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