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BET News Premieres the Third and Final Episode of 'Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go?' Saturday, July 5th @ 8:00 P.M.*
NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- This upcoming Saturday night -- grab your
girls for a night of stimulating conversation as BET News gives the ladies the
final word with HIP HOP VS. AMERICA II: WHERE DID THE LOVE GO?. Hosted by MC
Lyte and Jeff Johnson, this controversial town hall meeting joins an all
female panel to candidly explore the role that Hip Hop plays in the way young
women are raised in America today. Are we doing enough for our young women?
Are we creating positive role models for them to look up to? Does the lack of
female MC's have anything to do with the way females are represented in Hip
Hop today? This third installment touches on this and a whole lot more, tune
in Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 8 p.m.*.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080703/NETH038 )
The final episode of HIP HOP vs. AMERICA II: WHERE DID THE LOVE GO?
premieres Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 8 p.m.* with an encore presentation of all
three episodes on Sunday, July 6 beginning at 8 p.m.* Selwyn Seyfu Hinds is
executive producer of HIP HOP VS. AMERICA II: WHERE DID THE LOVE GO?.
Participants in the HIP HOP VS. AMERICA II series include David Banner
(rapper/producer); Lil X (director); Talib Kweli (hip hop recording artist);
Lyfe Jennings (R&B recording artist); Lola Ogunnaike (journalist); Allison
Samuels (Newsweek magazine); Nelson George (author/director/producer); Kevin
Powell (writer/cultural critic); Michael Eric Dyson (author/professor,
Georgetown University); Deelishis London Charles (winner, Flavor of Love 2);
Angel Lola Love (video model/actress); Kim Osorio (author); Fershgenet Melaku
(video model/actress); Michaela Angela Davis (journalist); Esther Armah (BBC
journalist); Eugene Rivers (Christian activist); Clayton Gavin (hip hop
artist/activist); Marc Lamont Hill (professor, Temple University); Melissa
Harris Lacewell (professor, Princeton University); Lavonne Alford (recording
artist); Beverly Bond (founder, Black Girls Rock, Inc. / hip hop DJ); Moya
Bailey (activist/actor); Byron Hurt (filmmaker); Henry Bonsu (journalist);
Akosua Anobil-Dodoo (journalist); LaShawna Stanley (President/CEO, Ethnicity
Models); Ali LeRoi (producer/writer/director); M1 Dead Prez (hip hop
artist/activist); andSan Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris.
For up-to-the-minute and archival press information including releases and
photographs, visit BET's press-only Web site at www.bet.com/pr. Critically
acclaimed authors, preachers and rappers continue the conversation about hip
hop and the role it plays in characterizing women in the industry; we
encourage viewers to visit BET.com's blog devoted exclusively to the topics
addressed in the series, http://blogs.bet.com/music/hhvsa/ .
*All times ET/PT
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public
affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary
BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to Nielsen Media
Research, and can be seen in the U.S.,Canada and theCaribbean. BET is the
dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business
extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment,
music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks -- BET J, BET Gospel and BET
Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET
Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BET
Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home
environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, which provides
ring tones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET
International, an extension of BET network programming for global
distribution.
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