Easy for media to point at J. Cole, Talib Kweli, Game & Diddy and say, "Look! Hip hop's response to Ferguson," but that's hardly where the coverage should end.

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Jasiri X has been receiving deserved coverage for "A Song For Trayvon," his reinterpretation of The Throne's "No Church In The Wild," a pointed chronicle of the events that led to the national outrage over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. A live performance of his song was captured as a music video, filmed at a community rally in a Brooklyn church.

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