Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Hip hop’s critics -- Hip hop causes violence -- Hip hop reflects black dysfunctional ghetto culture -- Hip hop hurts black people -- Hip hop is destroying America’s values -- Hip hop is demeans women -- Hip hop’s defenders -- Just keeping it real -- Hip hop is not responsible for sexism -- "There are bitches and hoes" -- We’re not role models -- Nobody talk about the positive in hip hop -- Mutual denials in the hip hop wars -- Progressive voices, energies, and visions -- Six guiding principles for progressive creativity, consumption, and community in hip hop and beyond.
ISBN
9780465008971 (alk. paper)
0465008976 (alk. paper)
Subject
Hip-hop -- Social aspects -- United States. Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States. Social change -- United States. Subculture -- United States. African Americans -- Social conditions. United States -- Social conditions.
