RAPINDUSTRY HIP HOP TALK RADIO – End of the Month Edition

March 13th, 2012 | By

Topics on the table: Hurricane Irene, VMA’S, Does Justin Beiber and kreayshawn want to be black? Should white people be allowed to use the word Nigga? Lil Wayne’s new album, Young Money vs Jay-Z, & more!! TUNE IN NOW

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The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop–and Why It Matters (Paperback)

February 16th, 2010 | By

Hip-hop is in crisis. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and ’hos. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining with a critical eye because, as scholar and cultural critic Tricia Rose argues, hip-hop has become a primary means by which we talk about race in the United States. In The Hip-Hop Wars, Rose explores the most crucial issues underlying the polarized claims on each side of the debate: Does hip-hop cause violence, or merely reflect a violent ghetto culture? Is hip-hop sexist, or are its detractors simply anti-sex? Does the portrayal of black culture in hip-hop undermine black advancement? A potent exploration of a divisive and important subject, The Hip-Hop Wars concludes with a call for the regalvanization of the progressive and creative heart of hip-hop. What Rose calls for is not a sanitized vision of the form, but o (more…)

JoJo and B.O.B. talk about new Hip Hop

August 25th, 2009 | By

jojo on the Radio talks to BOB about his new album and style of music!!