Jeffrey G. Ogbar
On his book Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap
Cover Interview of September 29, 2009
media studies /
america /
race /
everyday existence /
musicology /
pop culture /
african american heritage /
prisons /
Editor’s note
Originally, this interview ran on the Rorotoko cover page under the headline
“Laypeople will be surprised by the very diversity of the hip-hop community.”
We highlighted two quotes.
On the first page:
“I look at the ways in which hip-hop’s demands for authenticity are centered on particularly salient tropes of race, class and gender.”
On the second:
“I devote an entire chapter to how prison narratives first emerge and evolve in hip-hop, while also providing a wider picture to the expansion of prisons in the U.S. in general and the effects on black folks in particular.”