Hip-Hop Summit not about the music

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Hip-Hop Summit not about the music

Tianna Weena, 20, of Chicago had all the reasons she needed for getting up early Saturday morning and heading to the UIC Pavilion. "All the stars are going to be here," she said.

But unlike most concerts she'd been to in the past, she was forced to make one extra step before her ticket would be granted.

She had to register to vote.

Using star power to lure young people to the polls was the motivation for the Chicago Hip-Hop Summit, a three-hour rally at the university Saturday that featured today's hottest rap artists touting themes of personal and political self-empowerment instead of their latest CDs.

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