Andre Latallade, hip-hop artist and prison rights activist also known as Capital-"X", started to walk from New Jersey to Texas to advocate for the abolishment of capital punishment in the United States.

Latallade began his "Walk 4 Life" on March 31, 2008 at 5AM at the state house in Trenton, NJ, the first state to abolish the death penalty in the last 40 years. He will walk 1700 miles through 10 of the highest executing states and arrive at Governors mansion in Austin, Texas, "the busiest killing state in the country". He was supposed to be in Texas to await the Supreme Courts' ruling on the constitutionality of lethal injection, but after the Court ruled last week, Latallade is urging for a stronger protest to drive attention to legalized homicide.

Latallade estimated it would have taken 54 days walking 8 hours/day at 3.5 mph and he is on schedule. He took a break to participate on a panel at the Hip Hop Association's HHEAL Festival in the Bronx, New York April 18-20.
Latallade, in his Walk, reached States like Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, obtaining press and meeting with organizations and abolitionists..

Coming from Arkansas, Latallade reached Texas last week. He was met by Rick Halperin of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and took part in meetings with fellow abolitionists. Joined by Bill Pelke, founder of Journey of Hope, he is now heading to Austin where he will walk the last miles of the Walk to reach the final spot, the Governor Mansion. He will arrive on May 25th in the afternoon. During the last miles he will be met by different organizations, local abolitionists and also by an Italian organization against the death penalty that are helping him and his "Walk 4 Life" and which are organizing events and shows to spread Andre's message. The group will then move by car to the temporary home of Governor Perry to ask Him to meet them.
Latallade will also be in  Houston, Livingston, Huntsville...just to name a few.

Latallade wants to "build bridges between two groups; the families of murder victims and the families of the condemned. Separated we call for life or death, I say we unite and call for resolution." Latallade promotes life sentences without parole as opposed to death sentences. Currently there is a moratorium on state-sanctioned executions while the Supreme Court rules whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.

"I want to unite everybody fighting injustice and mobilize the international community to put pressure on the USA to abolish the death penalty. I have Italy, England, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark and Croatia behind me and am also reaching out to Puerto Rico." Non-profit organizations, human rights groups, and abolitionists from around the world are supportive of Andre on his "Walk 4 Life."

Anyone interested in supporting "X" can email him at projectrevolution2010@gmail.com. Please, donate online at www.myspace.com/capitalxaka305375. Funds raised during the walk will go to victims' families and abolitionist groups. A part of the donations will go to The Journey of Hope, an organization run by murder victims families that are opposed tom the death penalty.

X's "Walk 4 Life" promotional clip and daily video blogs documenting his journey can be viewed at www.ONLOQ.com, a hip hop network that will be covering his expedition. There you can also view his profile and online show, "From the Frontlines."