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Fight the Power - Rap, Race, and Reality (Paperback)
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Fight the Power - Rap, Race, and Reality (Paperback)
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Loot Price R518
Discovery Miles 5 180
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Like the hard-hitting sounds of a Public Enemy jam, the words of
the band's lead singer, Chuck D, excite the mind and senses. In his
first book, Chuck D pours out commentary that takes on Hollywood,
race, the music industry, the murders of Tupac and the Notorious
B.I.G., drugs, and the three E's--education, economics and
enforcement. Likening the challenge to "scaling a slick mountain on
roller skates," Chuck D lets no one off the hook, putting
celebrities and street kids alike on notice that the future is up
for grabs...and the only way to be part of it, to be players not
victims, is to work together.
As an insider's view on Hip-Hop culture slides into intimate
revelations about his own life, as lyrics from his songs bump
shoulders with top ten lists like "The Greatest Rappers of All
Time," Chuck D has his say with verve and electrifying energy, with
anger, love and truth. A book that brings light into darkness,
Fight the Power speaks for a generation. It is a powerful and
prophetic message that America, both Black and White, urgently
needs to hear.
Nightline with Chuck as the featured guest.
His rejection of celebrity and his constant community activism have
made him a hero. For the past five years he's been touring colleges
and universities, delivering three hour lectures on everything from
the music industry's corruption of young talent, the history of
black music from Blues to Rap, his own controversial lyrics,
problems in the black community, self-empowerment, contemporary
culture and current political leaders to Public Enemy's rise to
international stardom. All while maintaining his solo and Public
Enemy's recording careers.
"Fight the Power examines a multitudeof complex social, racial and
artistic issues. In his unmistakable voice, Chuck discusses the
role of heroes and role models in the black community, Hollywood's
negative images of blacks, the effect of gangsta rap, its images on
the country's youth and the war between east and west coast rappers
that may have spawned the murder of Tupac Shakur, the role of
athletes and entertainers in eroding and strengthening values, and
other vital contemporary concerns. Candid, thoughtful, and in your
face, "Fight the Power, the first substantial book by a rapper,
offers readers a look into the culture of hip hop and the future of
Black culture. -->
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