Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Welcomes Free as Co-moderator for the 2007 'Get Your Money Right' Financial Empowerment Tour

Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Welcomes Free as Co-moderator for the 2007 'Get Your Money Right' Financial Empowerment Tour

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Free, hip-hop television personality and philanthropist, joins the 2007 "Get Your Money Right" financial empowerment national tour as co-moderator. The former co-host of Black Entertainment Television's (BET) highly popular, award-winning "106 & Park" daily hip-hop program is joining forces with the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network to motivate and encourage young people to become financially literate. Joining moderator Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Co-Chairman of HSAN, Free will help to lead the panel discussion at each Hip-Hop Summit this year.

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"I am extremely excited and honored to be a part of this year's HSAN movement," declared Free. "I applaud Russell Simmons, Dr. Benjamin Chavis and HSAN for historically and consistently focusing their energies on the pulse of our social issues. I know what some of you are thinking...' What exactly is financial literacy? How and where do you get it?' More important, 'How do you keep it?' Well, in our communities across the nation, the misunderstanding of what exactly Financial Empowerment can and should mean, continues. We shall set out to inform our audiences (YOU) at these Summits about becoming 'financially literate' and remaining 'financially sound'. P.S. Real Talk y'all...I'm coming to learn, too, so let's get empowered TOGETHER! See you there!"

Including Russell Simmons, Co-Chairman of HSAN, the Hip-Hop Summits will be comprised of hip-hop artists and executives, as well as financial experts from title sponsor and partner, Chrysler Financial. The presenting sponsor of the tour is Anheuser-Busch. The 2007 tour will make seven stops including Houston, Texas., March 3; Detroit, Mich., April 14; Toronto, Ontario., August; Greensboro, N.C., September 8; Washington, D.C., September 29; Miami, Fla., October 20 and Atlanta, Ga., November 3.

The "Get Your Money Right" agenda features an interactive panel discussion on financial literacy, including such topics as the basics of banking, repairing and understanding credit scores, asset and wealth management, vehicle financing and home ownership. The tour will utilize the "Get Your Money Right" workbook, produced and distributed by HSAN in both English and Spanish. The workbook is free and is also downloadable at www.hsan.org.

About Chrysler Financial

Chrysler Financial offers a complete line of world-class automotive financial products and services for both dealers and consumers of Chrysler, Jeep(R) and Dodge vehicles. In addition to offering vehicle wholesale and retail financing to more than 2,400 Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealers, Chrysler Financial also provides fleet management and lines of credit to dealers. As an industry leader in automotive financing, Chrysler Financial provides its customers with the most innovative and efficient methods of doing business. For more information on Chrysler Financial visit www.chryslerfinancial.com.

About Anheuser-Busch

Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. is the leading American brewer holding 50 percent of the U.S. beer market. The company is American- owned and brews the world's largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch is ranked first in the U.S. beverage industry in Fortune magazine's 2005 "America's Most Admired Companies" and in the top 30 on Fortune's 2005 "Global Most Admired Companies" list. The company is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and is the world's largest recycler of aluminum beverage containers. For more information, visit www.anheuser-busch.com or www.africanamericanbud.com.

About Hip-Hop Summit Action Network

Founded in 2001, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) is dedicated to harnessing the cultural relevance of hip-hop music to serve as a catalyst for education advocacy and other societal concerns fundamental to the well being of at-risk youth throughout the United States. HSAN is the largest non-profit, national coalition of hip-hop artists, entertainment industry leaders, education advocates, civil rights proponents, and youth leaders united in the belief that Hip-Hop is an enormously influential agent for positive social change which must be responsibly and proactively utilized to fight the war on poverty and injustice. For more information, go to www.hsan.org.

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