Full Description
Asserting that hip hop culture has become another locus of postmodernity, Osumare explores the intricacies of this phenomenon from the beginning of the Twenty-First century, tracing the aesthetic and socio-political path of the currency of hip hop across the globe.
Contents
Phat Beats, Dope Rhymes, and Def Moves: The Africanist Aesthetic Meets the Hip Hop Globe Beat Streets in the Global Hood: Hip Hop's Connective Marginalities Props to the Local Boyz: Hip Hop Culture in Hawaii 'It's All About the Benjamins' Postmodernism and Hip Hop's Appropriation
