Maj Toure

Maj Toure born Martin Anthony Jones is an American libertarian political activist and rapper Toure is closely associated with the Mises Caucus wing of the American Libertarian Party A native of North Philadelphia Toure founded the educational nonprofit organization Black Guns Matter in 2016 The organization advocates for the right to keep and bear arms and promotes responsible ownership of firearms within AfricanAmerican and urban communities He has released three raphip hop recordings Solutionary Vol 1 2005 Solutionary Vol 2 2014 and Solutionary Vol 3 2016 Toure was a candidate for an atlarge seat in the Philadelphia City Council in the citys 2019 election He ran as a Libertarian In addition to his support for Second Amendment rights his stated political priorities included criminal justice reform ending the practice of solitary confinement legalization of cannabis improved education in Philadelphia and conflict resolution training for disconnected youths On November 5 2019 Toure finished 15th in a field of 17 candidates in the citys election failing to secure a seat on the City Council He received 5676 votes 05 of the vote total Toure spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC in February 2019 In a dialogue with Lawrence B Jones in 2021 Toure applauded grassroots antiracist protestors for emphasizing that black lives do in fact matter while denouncing Black Lives Matter Inc as a money laundering operation that fleeces the black community with the goal of aiding Democratic politicians