It's bigger than hip-hop : the rise of the post-hip-hop generation

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It's bigger than hip-hop : the rise of the post-hip-hop generation

Title remainder

the rise of the post-hip-hop generation

Statement of responsibility

M.K. Asante, Jr

Language

eng

Summary

It's Bigger Than Hip Hop takes a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured hip hop and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world. M.K. Asante, Jr., a young firebrand poet, professor, filmmaker, and activist who represents this new movement, uses hip hop as a springboard for a larger discussion about the urgent social and political issues affecting the post-hip-hop generation, a new wave of youth searching for an understanding of itself outside the self-destructive, corporate hip-hop monopoly. Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, personal encounters, and conversations with youth across the globe as well as icons such as Chuck D and Maya Angelou, Asante illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world chanting "It's bigger than hip hop."

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

305.235089/96073

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E185.61

LC item number

.A725 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography
filmographies

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