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Hip Hop artist Talib Kweli appeared at Occupy Wall Street in a show of solidarity with real grassroots democracy, and performed a new rhyme called, "Distraction". In an interview he said, "I'm not aligned with everyone politically who is there," he said. "But I was overwhelmed by seeing democracy in action. You have to see how dedicated these people are to creating social awareness and creating a platform for us to talk about issues ... disparities in our country."

Watch a video of the performance below.

Michael Franti, one of the top musical activists today, showed up at Occupy Wall Street and played music for the protesters in a support of solidarity and to energize and embolden the crowd. He wandered through the encampment, played with the drummers, and helped kick off the general assembly. Watch a video below:

Rapper Immortal Technique showed up at Occupy Wall Street in a show of solidarity, and spoke to RT and said, “People that are on Wall Street, people that are in the government, a lot of them are refusing . . . to acknowledge their responsibility in what’s causing all of this.”

Watch the RT interview below:

Photo Credit: CoupMedia.org

Rapper Kanye West visited Occupy Wall Street yesterday with music mogul Russell Simmons, in a show of solidarity against corporate greed. Russell Simmons has been very involved with the crowd at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan for the past couple of weeks, even meditating with the crowd. Many think that Russell urged Kanye to come to the park with him and see it firsthand, no word yet on whether he may write a song in support of it later down the road, we will see.

Afterwards, Russell "Tweeted" positively about the visit: