I’ve already proven my record,” said Evans-Shabazz. “My belief is that City Council is not a training ground, it’s a proving ground. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, may be more to such voters’ liking. “Older African Americans may be not swayed by the notion a hip-hop artist can be in public office.” “He needs to improve voter turnout from his home ground in subdivisions like Sunnyside,“ Adams said. Michael Adams, a political scientist at Texas Southern University, a historically black college that is in the district Jordan wants to represent, says the rapper also has to convince the most dependable voting bloc in his neighborhood to vote for him - black women over 60. “Voter turnout for run-offs is usually low,” said Mark Jones, a political science fellow at the Baker Institute at Rice University. Political observers note that two big obstacles lie in Jordan’s path to getting elected. Though his name recognition is his chief asset in his mostly African American district, Jordan insists that his Scarface persona is part of his past, not his future. Jordan is in a run-off against Carolyn Evans-Shabazz for a seat on the Houston City Council. 10, 2019, Rapper turned political candidate, Brad “Scarface” Jordan, left, visits with voter Michele Lemon and her son outside of an early voting location in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Houston, Texas. While campaigning, voters ask him what he plans to do if he’s elected, but many can’t help themselves and ask to take a smartphone photo with him. Thirty percent of the population earns less than $25,000 a year, and although that figure has risen over the past two decades, it’s still a plurality. 2017 data compiled by the current city council member, Dwight Boykins, says African Americans make up 53% percent of the district. With more than 200,000 residents, District D stretches into the south and southeast sides of Houston. “You can sit back and point out the problems or you can address them and bring solutions to the table,” Jordan said Tuesday, referring to chronic poverty and crime that afflicts his neighborhood. But he’s hoping he can persuade the voters who got him there to turn out again so he can represent the council’s District D. Jordan says he knows his celebrity carried him into a run-off election slated for Saturday. Now, the 49-year-old rapper better known as Scarface is working to ensure Houston voters that no, their minds are not playing tricks on them: He is running for City Council, and he’s a serious candidate.
HOUSTON (AP) - As a member of Houston’s pioneering rap group The Geto Boys, Brad Jordan co-wrote the early 1990s hip-hop anthem “Mind Playing Tricks on Me.”
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