Series: California Series in Hip Hop Studies

A profound meditation on hip hop's transformative power, In the Hour of Chaos takes us deep into the mind of the genre's most unabashed revolutionary. This book is not an autobiography. It's not a manifesto. It's a razor-sharp investigation into hip hop and rap music by searing lyricist and global music icon Chuck D of Public Enemy. Engaging with some...

This expansive collection sets the stage for the next generation of hip hop scholarship as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the movement’s origins. Freedom Moves travels across generations and beyond borders to understand hip hop’s transformative power as one of the most important cultural movements of our times. This book gathers critically acclaimed scholars, artists, activists, and youth organisers...

This expansive collection sets the stage for the next generation of hip hop scholarship as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the movement’s origins. Freedom Moves travels across generations and beyond borders to understand hip hop’s transformative power as one of the most important cultural movements of our times. This book gathers critically acclaimed scholars, artists, activists, and youth organisers...

Detroit, Michigan, has long been recognised as a centre of musical innovation and social change. Rebekah Farrugia and Kellie D. Hay draw on seven years of fieldwork to illuminate the important role that women have played in mobilising a grassroots response to political and social pressures at the heart of Detroit’s ongoing renewal and development project. Focusing on the Foundation,...