Shamako Noble is a

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

artist, cultural organizer, and political theorist from

San Jose, California San Jose, officially the City of San José ( ; ), is a cultural, commercial, and political center within Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. With a city population of 997,368 and a metropolitan area population of 1.95 million, it is ...

. He was one of the co-founders of the

Hip Hop Congress The Hip Hop Congress (HHC) is a non profit, international grassroots organization. The organization's goal is to educate, demonstrate, commicate, and inspire hip-hop culture. This includes events and workshops focused on the Hip Hop arts of DJi ...

. He was a candidate for U.S. Senate for California in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, though he did not actually file to be on the ballot. He was interviewed by several news stations while he was participating in organizing Romneyville, a protest encampment outside the

2012 Republican National Convention The 2012 Republican National Convention was a gathering held by the Republican Party (United States), U.S. Republican Party during which Delegate (American politics), delegates officially nominated former Governor of Massachusetts, Massachuset ...

Career

Shamako has held several positions in the U.S. Green Party. In 2012 he was the personal assistant of the Green Party VP candidate Cheri Honkala, as well as the executive director the Hip Hop Congress. In 2014 he was the Secretary of Culture in the Green Shadow Cabinet.. "The Green Shadow Cabinet of the United States is a civic project not sponsored by or affiliated with any political party." However, it is composed primarily if not entirely of leading members of the

Green Party of the United States The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democracy; anti-war; ...

References

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