HIP-POLITICS MOBILIZING THE POLITICAL POWER OF HIP-HOP

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THE MARK CONSISTS OF AN OUTLINED OVAL SHAPE. INSIDE OF THE OVAL AT THE TOP ARE THREE SYMBOLS THAT ARE TOP CENTER OF THE OVAL. THE SYMBOL IN THE MIDDLE IS A BOX, RESEMBLING A BALLOT BOX WITH A WAVING AMERICAN FLAG IN THE CENTER OF THE FRONT OF THE BOX. TO THE LEFT OF THE BALLOT BOX IS A HAND MAKING A FIST AT AN ANGLE WITH THE WRIST FACING OUTWARDS SO THAT THE FINGERS AND THUMB ARE VISIBLE, WITH THE THUMB ACROSS THE FIRST TWO FINGERS, AND A SMALL PORTION OF THE FOREARM IS INCLUDED. INSIDE THE FIST IS A MICROPHONE BEING HELD UP AT AN ANGLE. GOING DOWN THE WRIST AND PARTIAL FOREARM ARE TWO PARALLEL VERTICAL LINES AND A SHORTER HORIZONTAL LINE ON TOP OF THE VERTICAL PARALLEL LINES. TO THE RIGHT OF THE BALLOT BOX IS AN IMAGE OF A SQUARE-SHAPED STEREO BOOM BOX. BELOW THE THREE IMAGES ARE THE WORDS HIP-POLITICS CENTER SPACED. BELOW THE WORDS ARE FOUR, FIVE POINTED STARS ABOUT HALF AN INCH APART, WITH THE FIRST STAR BEGINNING JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE LETTER 'P', THE SECOND STAR JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE LETTER 'O', THE THIRD STAR UNDER THE LETTER 'L' AND THE FOURTH STAR IN BETWEEN THE 'I' AND THE 'T'. ABOUT AN INCH UNDER THE STARS ARE THE WORDS MOBILIZING THE POLITICAL POWER OF HIP-HOP IN A CURVED SHAPE EXPANDING IN WIDTH FROM THE 'H' IN THE WORD HIP TO THE 'S' IN THE WORD POLITICS.