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U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., held a press conference this week to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop.

“Let’s honor the incredible movement and music and economic juggernaut that is hip-hop,” Kamlager-Dove told theGrio.

A California Democrat is giving props on the House floor to Beyonce and Taylor Swift’s fanbases following the music stars’ record-breaking concert tours, saying “Swifties and the Beyhive showed their power.”