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On AlterNet: hip hop

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "hip hop"

Black Republican Gets Enraged Over Katrina at RNC

Black Republican Gets Enraged Over Katrina at RNC

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks AlterNet: Video. September 4, 2008.
Founder of HipHopRepublicans becomes violent with Cenk.

Rapper Nas Leads the Fight to End FOX's Racism

Rapper Nas Leads the Fight to End FOX's Racism

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 24, 2008.
Nas joined progressive groups to deliver a 600,000-signature petition to FOX headquarters.

Palestinian Hip-Hop Artist Belly Raps About His War-Torn Homeland In "History of Violence" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 13, 2007.
Belly says, "If this puts me in the line of fire, then so be it. I felt I had to do this. I represent Arabs who don't want war, who are just like everybody else and that is 99% of us. I want people to see and hear that perspective."

Dallas Billboard Implies Link Between Sagging Pants and Homosexuality

Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. October 28, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: These "tough guys" trying to emulate gangstas in lockup, aren't going to like that message one iota.

Rapper Ja Rule Indulges in Ignorant Attack on Gays

Rapper Ja Rule Indulges in Ignorant Attack on Gays

Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 13, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: He must be in need of some publicity.

Caucasian Please! America's Cultural Double Standard For Misogyny & Racism

Caucasian Please! America's Cultural Double Standard For Misogyny & Racism

Dr. Edward Rhymes, Black Agenda Report. June 26, 2007.
The public is far more disturbed by misogynistic lyrics in rap music than in rock music -- the domain of white musicians. Seems it isn't sexism that the dominant culture is opposed to, but rather the black voices communicating the message.

A 'Ho' By Any Other Color: The History and Economics of Black Female Sexual Exploitation

A 'Ho' By Any Other Color: The History and Economics of Black Female Sexual Exploitation

Dr. Edward Rhymes, Black Agenda Report. May 19, 2007.
While white women's sexuality is celebrated in movies and magazines, Black women acting out the same behavior are relegated to the ranks of whoredom.

Hip Hop Profanity, Misogyny and Violence: Blame the Manufacturer

Hip Hop Profanity, Misogyny and Violence: Blame the Manufacturer

Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. May 7, 2007.
Corporations have been usurping and reshaping Black mass culture for decades -- hip hop is just the latest product line.

Growing a Rose in a Concrete Garden

Growing a Rose in a Concrete Garden

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. April 30, 2007.
It's annoying that whenever hip hop is criticized, the worst examples are held up for ridicule. Talking about pop gangsta rap as if it were synonymous with "black hip hop" is like talking about Kenny G as if he were representative of all jazz.

Why do black people tend to be more homophobic? [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. March 12, 2007.
The Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson discusses homophobia, homoeroticism, conservative evangelical opportunism, & Hip Hop...

Is Hip-Hop Really Dead?

Is Hip-Hop Really Dead?

DaveyD, San Jose Mercury News. March 3, 2007.
Recording executives are more interested in turning a quick buck than nurturing rap culture -- and they are behind the apparent demise of hip-hop music.

Hypermasculinity & Women in Hip Hop

Hypermasculinity & Women in Hip Hop

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. February 21, 2007.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay: Video Vixens and Oversexed Divas, eclipsed by emerging women DJs...

Hip Hop as a Political Tool

Yvonne Bynoe, AlterNet. June 9, 2004.
Five steps to using hip hop within a political framework and to developing a viable political constituency in the hip-hop generation.

South American Hip Hop

Vee Bravo, Stress. April 1, 2000.
Hip Hop culture has spread across the globe, finding a home in many South American cities.