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The U.S. State Department has a long history of presenting various American art forms to the world as part of an overall plan of diplomacy. Recently hip hop was added to that list. Artist Toni Blackman, and Alina Romanowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, discuss promoting diplomacy through hip hop.