Citizen Change is a political service group, founded by music mogul P. Diddy

Sean Combs

Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...

, and backed by Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...

, Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...

 and 50 Cent

50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...

. The stated aim was to get young people to vote.

The campaign's message, promoted on t-shirt

T-shirt

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s and other things, is "Vote or Die!"

Many American television shows (most notably South Park

South Park

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and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) have parodied this campaign as laughably hyperbolic

Hyperbole

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, unnecessarily violent, and its ironic presentation of a false choice. In a South Park episode entitled "Douche and Turd

Douche and Turd

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", P. Diddy and his associates chase Stan Marsh

Stan Marsh

Stanley Randall "Stan" Marsh is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is voiced by and loosely based on series co-creator Trey Parker. Stan is one of the show's four central characters, along with his friends Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman...

around with weapons and literally threaten to kill him if he doesn't vote.

As of 2006, the Citizen Change organization has not been disbanded, though it is inactive.