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Jeff Chang

Jeff Chang is editor of Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop and author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation.

News From Nowhere

November 1, 2007

Hip-hop star M.I.A. broadcasts the sound of those with one foot in the First World and the other in the global South.
Hip-Hop's E-Z Scapegoats

May 8, 2007

There's a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.
Moving On Up

January 4, 2007

Jay-Z, self-styled savior of hip-hop, is the face of the new establishment.

2002

'Stakes Is High'

December 23, 2002

As the central marker of urban youth of color authenticity, rap music has become the key to the niching of youth culture.

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