Full Description
Fight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism, co-edited by provocative and Fiercely intelligent Hip Hop heads Arash Daneshzadeh, Anthony J. Nocella II, Chandra Ward, and Ahmad Washington, is a fresh thought-provoking book that engages in social justice, Black Lives Matter, Hip Hop, youth culture, and current affairs. This must-read is a timely and powerfully engaging collection of interviews by outstanding, brilliant BIPOC Hip Hop activists from around the United States. Their stories are a poignant testimony for what is happening in the streets against racism, classism, police brutality, prisons, hate groups, and white supremacy. This dope-ass book that screams loud FTP is perfect for any reader at any age.
Contents
Don C. Sawyer III: Foreword - Clifton G. Sanders and Nathaniel "N8" Sanders: Preface Acknowledgements - Arash Daneshzadeh, Anthony J. Nocella II, Chandra Ward, and Ahmad Washington: Introduction: The Emergence of the 11th Element of Hip Hop - Anthony J. Nocella II: Chapter One: Interview with Lauren Leigh Kelly - Arash Daneshzadeh: Chapter Two: Interview with Eli Jacobs- Fantauzzi - Anthony J. Nocella II: Chapter Three: Interview with "Mic" Crenshaw - Anthony J. Nocella II: Chapter Four: Interview with Reies Romero - Chandra Ward: Chapter Five: Interview with Katrina Benally - Ahmad Washington: Chapter Six: Interview with Selinda Guerrero - Ahmad Washington: Chapter Seven: Interview with Antonio Quintana - Ahmad Washington: Chapter Eight: Interview with Jared A. Ball - David Michael: Afterword - Contributors - Index.