When The Elite Meet

Last week, as Bush met with a less than friendly E.U. in Sweden, Def Jam Records founder Russell Simmons hosted a hip-hop summit in New York City. The two events shared a lot of common ground.

LONELY ADVOCATE

EUROPE Bush plugs missile-defense plan; opposed by members of the E.U., NATO HIP-HOP Louis Farrakhan urges rappers to clean up their lyrics; opposed by ODB

TIGHT SECURITY

EUROPE Police seize a grenade launcher and explosives in summit city two days before Bush's arrival HIP-HOP Attendees frisked in hotel lobby

NAME CALLING

EUROPE President dissed HIP-HOP Simmons called bad mouther by rival Conrad Muhammad

HOT-BUTTON ISSUE

EUROPE The international Kyoto Protocol, to curb greenhouse-gas emissions HIP-HOP The Senate's Media and Marketing Accountability Act, to curb artistic expression

FASHIONABLE PARTY CRASHERS

EUROPE Cheeky anti-Bush activists HIP-HOP Ex-Nation of Islam members in natty suits and ties

ROYAL ONLOOKERS

EUROPE Swedish King and Queen leave capital to meet the Prez HIP-HOP Will Smith, ex-Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, stops by with wife Jada

POWER POLITICS

EUROPE Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, on the European Union: "It's one of the few institutions we can develop as a balance to U.S. world domination." HIP-HOP Rap activist and former Public Enemy front man Chuck D, on hip-hop artists: "We have finally realized our collective power around the planet."