It's bigger than hip-hop
Subtitle: the rise of the post-hip-hop generation
By: M.K. Asante, Jr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780312373269
Subjects: African Americans -- Social conditions; African Americans -- Intellectual life; African Americans in popular culture; African Americans -- Race identity; Hip-hop -- United States; Rap (Music) -- History and criticism; Music -- Social aspects -- United States; African American youth -- Attitudes; Popular culture -- United States
Description: 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."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.