Hip Hop Caucus 2004. In 2003 and 2004 he was the Political and Grassroots Director for Russell Simmons' Hip Hop Summit Action Network, as well as a Senior Consultant to Jay-Z's Citizen Change "Voice Your Choice" campaign. Respect My Vote! is a voter mobilization campaign that aims to educate, register and mobilize young people of color between the ages of 18-39 who live in urban communities, do not attend college, people with felony records who are unaware of their voting rights, and students at historically black colleges and universities. In 2008, the Hip Hop Caucus and the hip hop artist T.I. launched the
Slingshot Hip Hop Film Festival, and was later shown on the Sundance Channel and has won over 13 awards. It has shown in film festivals around the world including; IDFA, ND/NF, Stockholm International Film Festival, Sensoria Music & Film Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, DOX BOX Syria, Dubai International Film Festival, Beirut International Film Festival, Boston Palestine Film Festival. In August 2008 "Slingshot Hip Hop" was shown to Palestinian youth in three of Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps; Shatila, Bourj al-Barajneh, and Bedawi. Slingshot Hip Hop Slingshot Hip Hop is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jackie Reem Salloum which traces the history and development