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RantCrush Top 5: June 27, 2017

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Rihanna Tweets at World Leaders Ahead of G20 Summit

Over the weekend an unexpected voice took the opportunity to address some world leaders via Twitter ahead of the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Music artist Rihanna pointed to the importance of education funding in a string of tweets directed at France, Canada, Germany, and Argentina.

In March, Rihanna won an award from Harvard for her humanitarian work, and considering that she has 74 million Twitter followers, this could be a great way to highlight important issues. And at least one leader actually answered the celebrity:

Emma Von Zeipel
Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.

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