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<p><P><P>In <i>It's Bigger Than Hip Hop</i>, M. K. Asante, Jr. looks 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.<P>Asante, a young firebrand poet, professor, filmmaker, and activist who represents this 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.<P>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.</p><h3>Jennifer Zarr - Library Journal</h3><p><P>As the title suggests, poet Asante (creative writing, Morgan State Univ.; <i>Beautiful. And Ugly Too</i>) looks at hip-hop as n

Author

Asante Jr., M. K.

Publisher

Griffin ; Turnaround [distributor

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312593025

Subjects

Sociology, History, Music

Rating

4.01 / 5 (213 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14