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