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About Me

Welcome to the MySpace for JaredBforPresident.com - Jared A. Ball, Ph.D., dubbed by Free Speech Radio News as “the first hip-hop presidential candidate,” is currently running for the presidential nomination of the Green Party. He is an assistant professor of communication studies at Morgan State University. He is editor-at- large of the Journal of Hip-Hop and Global Culture from Words, Beats and Life and hosts Jazz & Justice Mondays 1-3p EST on DC's WPFW 89.3 FM Pacifica Radio. Ball is also the founder and creator of FreeMix Radio: The Original Mixtape Radio Show, a hip-hop mixtape committed to the practice of underground emancipatory journalism. Ball is also a board member of the International Association for Hip-Hop Education and a Communications Fellow with the Green Institute. He is currently working on his first book Hip-Hop as Mass Media: The Mixtape and Emancipatory Journalism and can be found online at voxunion.com .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/07/2007
Band Website: http://www.voxunion.com/jaredball/
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hip-Hop and Colonialism: Recognition and Response

Hip-Hop and Colonialism: Recognition and ResponseJared A. Ball, Ph.D.Originally Published as Part 4 of a 4-Part Series for the Green InstituteNOTE: To get full web version with hyperlinks to sources ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:45:00 GMT

Got Green?

It's easy to be a Media Volunteer for the "Jared Ball for President" campaign -- just get a t-shirt! http://www.jaredball.com   As a member of the Green Party and a Presidential Nominee Candid...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:48:00 GMT

Support my campaign

Learn more about my campaign at http://www.jaredbforpresident.com. Support my campaign by donating - any amount will do, from $1 - 1,000. Thank you! ..
Posted by on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:49:00 GMT

Colonialism is the Lens and Hip-Hop is the Mirror

Colonialism is the Lens and Hip-Hop is the Mirror Jared A. Ball, Ph.D. Green Institute Communications Fellow It is July 29, 2007 and Washington, DC is in full focus.  Its hip-hop community is do...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:44:00 GMT

Jared Ball for Green Party Presidential Nominee

Greetings, My name is Jared Ball and I am currently running for the Green Party's presidential nomination. ...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:08:00 GMT