The Atlanta artist, whose real name is Clifford Harris, donated $25,000 to help Hurricane Katrina evacuees and urged other rap and entertainment celebrities to do the same. He called them out by name, and one by one, they responded.  MORE

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David Banner & Webbie Speak Out About Kanye and Katrina
In the upcoming September issue of OZONE Magazine, rappers David Banner (Mississippi) and 5th Ward Weebie (New Orleans) comment on Hurricane Katrina. Check out what they had to say:

DAVID BANNER: “I think Hurricane Katrina has exposed America for what it is. I think it’s bigger than black and white. I think it has a lot more to do with rich and poor. We’ve always known that America is a racially driven country. We front like it’s all good, but we know the levels of racism that are in America. I think this is more than just pulling the race card. It shows that America doesn’t give a damn about people in the hood, period. MORE
 

Waves of Evacuees Swamp Host Cities
By Martin Kasindorf, USA TODAY

(Sept. 6) -- More than 500,000 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina are on the move. It is a storm surge of the dispossessed, an exodus on a historic scale in the USA. MORE

(Sept. 6) -- More than 500,000 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina are on the move. It is a storm surge of the dispossessed, an exodus on a historic scale in the USA.  MORE

(Sept. 6) - In Houston, a stressed-out mother sits on a cot in the middle of the Astrodome and says she has probably slept just four hours in the past three days. MORE

National Guardsmen Pour Into New Orleans

By ALLEN G. BREED, AP

NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 2) -- Four days after Hurricane Katrina struck, the National Guard arrived in force Friday with food, water and weapons, rolling through the floodwaters in a vast truck convoy with orders to retake the streets and bring relief to the suffering.

"The cavalry is and will continue to arrive," said one general. ......MORE
 

HOUSTON (Sept. 2) - Katrina refugees who had finally arrived by bus from the steamy Superdome were left in limbo for more than two hours after officials suddenly announced that the Astrodome was too full to accept them.  MORE
 

(Sept. 2) - The scenes of floating corpses, scavengers fighting for food and desperate throngs seeking any way out of New Orleans have been tragic enough. But for many African-American leaders, there is a growing outrage that many of those still stuck at the center of this tragedy were people who for generations had been pushed to the margins of society.  MORE

New Orleans Mayor Fumes Over Slow Response

NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 2) - A day before President Bush headed to the hurricane-ravaged South, Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out at federal officials, telling a local radio station "they don't have a clue what's going on down here." MORE