"In this groundbreaking book, Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar celebrates hip-hop and confronts the cult of authenticity that defines its essential character - that dictates how performers walk, talk, and express themselves artistically and also influences the consumer market. Hip-Hop Revolution is a balanced cultural history that looks past negative stereotypes of hip-hop as a monolith of hedonistic, unthinking noise to reveal its evolving positive role within American society."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1
1 The Minstrel Reprise: Hip-Hop and the Evolution of the Black Image in American Popular Culture	9
2 "Real Niggas": Race, Ethnicity, and the Construction of Authenticity in Hip-Hop	37
3 Between God and Earth: Feminism, Machismo, and Gender in Hip-Hop Music	72
4 Rebels with a Cause: Gangstas, Militants, Media, and the Contest for Hip-Hop	105
5 Locked Up: Police, the Prison Industrial Complex, Black Youth, and Social Control	139
Epilogue	175
Notes	183
Bibliography	209
Index	225

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