Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement UPDATE:Default Title Author/Contributor(s): Lanham

Author/Contributor(s): Lanham

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Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement UPDATE:Default Title Author/Contributor(s): LanhamAuthor Contributor(s): Watkins, S. Craig Publisher: Beacon Press Date: 8 1 2006 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Avoiding the easy definitions and caricatures that tend to celebrate or condemn the "hip hop generation," Hip Hop Matters focuses on fierce and far reaching battles being waged in politics, pop culture, and academe to assert control over the movement. At stake, Watkins argues, is the impact hip hop has on the lives of the young people who