It's Bigger Than Hip Hop - Paperback

by M. K. Asante (Author)

It's Bigger Than Hip Hop takes a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured rap and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world.

M. K. Asante, Jr., a passionate young poet, professor, filmmaker, and activist who represents this new movement, uses hip hop as a springboard for a larger discussion about the urgent social and political issues affecting the hip-hop and post-hip-hop generations.

Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, revolutionary rap lyrics, personal encounters, and conversations with youth across the globe as well as icons such as Chuck D and Maya Angelou, Asante illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world chanting "It's bigger than hip hop."

Author Biography

M.K. Asante, Jr. is an award-winning poet, filmmaker and professor at Morgan State University. He is also the author of Like Water Running off My Back and Beautiful. And Ugly Too. His films include the internationally acclaimed documentaries, 500 Years Later and The Black Candle.