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Occupy Homes MN Premiers Brother Ali's Latest Music Video

The hip hop artist, who rallied to defend Golden Valley resident Rose McGee, attacked banks for foreclosing on homeowners like McGee.

Occupy Homes Minnesota last week premiered rapper Brother Ali’s latest music video—a defense of people who face bank foreclosures including Golden Valley resident Rose McGee, whom Brother Ali rallied to help.

Wednesday, McGee's latest court hearing ended without a settlement between her and the compaines holding her mortgage. 

"Work Everyday" shows people protesting against foreclosures in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It concludes with video of Brother Ali, whose full name is Ali Douglas Newman, being arrested—likely from an incident in which he was one of 13 people arrested protesting at a home on the 4000 block of Cedar Avenue in south Minneapolis.

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The video, from the album Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color, also takes on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, corporations and the Tea Party, saying:

People stressin’.

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Here’s the question:

How they get people drinking tea in the recession?

It’s deception.

How absurd is this.

How are so many poor people conservative?

Brother Ali was one of about 100 people who gathered Jan. 5 at Shir Tikvah Synagogue in Minneapolis to support McGee and others facing foreclosure.

The album is available on iTunes and Fifth Element.


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