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Sweatshop Union is a Canada|Canadian Hip hop music|hip hop collective formed in 2000 when four politically-minded rap acts – Dirty Circus, Creative Minds (Canadian rap group)|Creative Minds, Innocent Bystanders (Hip hop)|Innocent Bystanders, and solo artist Kyprios – came together "to create a powerful, distinctive voice"<ref name="MMusicbio">{{cite web| title = Sweatshop Union - Artist Bio| publisher = MuchMusic| url = http://www.muchmusic.com/music/artists/bio.asp?artist=584| accessdate = 2007-06-19 </ref>, and to produce their first album,<ref name="dyr">{{cite web| last = Klausener| first = Rolf| title = Sweatshop Union| publisher = Dig Your Roots| url = http://www.digyourroots.ca/dyr.php?sect=artists&act=view&id=82| accessdate = 2007-06-19 </ref> which was published in 2001.
Known for an inventive and socially-conscious sound,<ref name="question">{{Citation| last =Hollis| first = Susan| title = Sweatshop Union hits the wall| newspaper = Whistler Question| year = 2007</ref> Sweatshop Union's music focuses on being "honest" — commenting on issues ranging from the Operation Enduring Freedom|War in Iraq, the plight of the poor and working-class, to the negativity and misogyny of mainstream hip-hop.<... read all
