num_pages: 200
description: The underground is a multi-faceted concept in African American culture. Peterson uses Richard Wright KRS-One Thelonius Monk and the tradition of the Underground Railroad to explore the manifestations and the attributes of the underground within the context of a more panoramic picture of African American expressivity within hip-hop.
language: English
title: The Hip-Hop Underground and African American Culture: Beneath the Surface
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan