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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:

Jeff Mangum, whose band Neutral Milk Hotel soared to notoriety with his album "In an Aeroplane Over the Sea" back in 1988, made a surprise visit and played an impromptu concert for the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park. He later remarked, “Of course I support [Occupy Wall Street]. This is just something small I can do.”

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:

Gio Andollo, who performs as Gio Safari, at Occupy Wall Street on Monday. (Marlon Bishop/WNYC)

Marlon Bishop on WNYC.org has a great post out on the role that music is playing in the Occupy Wall Street movement, from drums to guitars. The troubadours talk of how music gets people in the mood and motivates them to create social change. “It gets people motivated, it gets people spiritually in the mood, it keep us strong,” said one protester taking part in the drum circle.

Check out the post here.