Has Hip-Hop lost it's political swagger?

Has Hip-Hop lost its political swagger? In the wake of all the social issues and current affairs going on in the world today (Ex: Virginia Tech Tragedy, Jena 6, Michael Bell killing in NYC, to the possibility of the countries first woman or Black President), where is Hip-Hop’s voice of commentary in all of this? We’ll discuss what happened to the days of being a conscience MC!