Keep your eyes right here for the live webcast of "If I Ruled the Blogosphere: Hip-Hop Blogs & Social Change" -- a panel discussion co-sponsored by Words Beats & Life and FMC. The event takes place today (Saturday, April 2) at Busboys & Poets in Washington DC, and you can watch it via the web.illish.us stream starting at 4 pm.

This dynamic conversation will examine how artists are gaining traction online, the impact of technology on music promotion and how bloggers and artists can raise awareness about important issues in the hip-hop community and beyond.

Speakers include Meka Udoh (2 Dope Boyz), Dallas Penn (Dallas Penn & the Internets Celebrities), Jason Reynolds (OkayPlayer), Frank William Miller Junior (FWMJ of rappersiknow.com) and Casey Rae-Hunter of FMC.

Web player below.