Hip-Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason

by Tommie Shelby and Derrick Darby

Is there too much violence in hip-hop music? What's the difference between Kimberly Jones and the artist Lil' Kim? Is hip-hop culture a "black" thing? Is it okay for N.W.A. to call themselves niggaz and for Dave Chappelle to call everybody bitches? These witty, provocative essays ponder these and other thorny questions, linking the searing cultural issues implicit -- and often explicit -- in hip-hop to the weighty matters examined by the great philosophers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812695895
• ISBN13: 9780812695892
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Open Court
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"