You might like Michael Franti and Spearhead. I find that the message is sometimes a bit over simplified for my tastes, but that doesn't stop it from being a good message. I've seen them in concert twice, and it was the first time I really understood how charismatic preachers etc operate - the man really knows how to work a crowd and have everybody feeling good about themselves and angry about injustice.
on the political side of hip hop