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Saturday, 06 October 2007

Rapper and actor Mos Def arrives at the movie premiere of  '16 Blocks'  in New York,  in this Feb. 27, 2006, file photo. When the latest call for a protest over Jena Six came, it wasn't led by Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, but rapper-actor Mos Def. Mos Def sent out a viral video last month urging students to walk out of classrooms nationwide in protest of the prosecution of six black teens — initially charged with attempted murder — in the beating a white classmate in Jena, La.  (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada/FILE)AP - A video in which rapper-actor Mos Def asked students around the country to walk out Oct. 1 to support the "Jena Six" escaped comment by this town's mayor. But when John Mellencamp sang, "Jena, take your nooses down," he took issue.



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