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Description edit
Roc the Mic Right is the first in-depth, book-length analysis of the most pervasive yet least examined aspect of Hip Hop Culture - its language. Hip Hop Culture has captured the minds of youth "all around the world, from Japan to Amsterdam" (like the homie Kurupt say), shaping youth... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Spady: Add a description of this character.
- Black
- Smitherman
- Kurupt
- Pharoahe Monch
- Farrakhan
- Baugh
- Allah
- Alim
- Malcolm
- Muslim
- Bilal
- Chuck D
- Rickford
- Slick Rick
- Beanie Sigel
- Raekwon
- Sonia Sanchez
- White
- Rakim
- Simon Says
- Troy
- Tariq
- Busta
- Elijah Muhammad
- Brathwaite
- Henderson
- Talib Kweli
- Tupac
- Redman
First Sentence edit
I begin this book with an anecdote from the "Hiphop Community Activism and Education Roundtable," at Harvard University's W. E. B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research.
Authors & Contributors edit
- H. Samy Alim (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 427.97308996073
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Urban
- Books › Reference › Words & Language › Linguistics
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Popular Culture
- Books › Reference › Words & Language › Study & Teaching
- Books › Reference › Writing
- Books › Reference › Foreign Languages
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