Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop. September 11, 2009. Glenn Beck uses smear attacks to push for White House staffer Yosi Sergant's resignation for organizing artists to support Obama's national service program.
Roy Edroso, Alicublog AlterNet: PEEK. April 25, 2008. If Obama is responsible for the nefarious "rappers", then why isn't John McCain responsible for country music?
Charles Jones, New America Media. January 14, 2008. With mainstream hip-hop artists like 50 Cent and Jay-Z struggling to go platinum, it's time for the genre to return to its underground roots.
Nida Khan, Women's Media Center. May 24, 2007. Don Imus used hip-hop to scapegoat his racist comment. But before blaming everything on one kind of music, we need to analyze all of pop culture and media representation overall.
Yvonne Bynoe, AlterNet. May 16, 2007. The recent Don Imus affair brought to light that black women within hip-hop are to be ogled in music videos and insulted in the name of free speech, but rarely are they given access to major media outlets.
