Powered by a driving beat, clever lyrics, and assertive attitudes,
rap music and hip hop culture have engrossed American youth since
the mid-1980s. Although the first rappers were African Americans,
rap and hip hop culture quickly spread to other ethnic groups who
have added their own cultural elements to the music. Chicano Rap
offers the first in-depth look at how Chicano/a youth have adopted
and adapted rap music and hip hop culture to express their views on
gender and violence, as well as on how Chicano/a youth fit into a
globalizing world.
Pancho McFarland examines over five hundred songs and seventy
rap artists from all the major Chicano rap regions--San Diego, San
Francisco and Northern California, Texas, and Chicago and the
Midwest. He discusses the cultural, political, historical, and
economic contexts in which Chicano rap has emerged and how these
have shaped the violence and misogyny often expressed in Chicano
rap and hip hop. In particular, he argues that the misogyny and
violence of Chicano rap are direct outcomes of the "patriarchal
dominance paradigm" that governs human relations in the United
States. McFarland also explains how globalization, economic
restructuring, and the conservative shift in national politics have
affected Chicano/a youth and Chicano rap. He concludes with a look
at how Xicana feminists, some Chicano rappers, and other cultural
workers are striving to reach Chicano/a youth with a democratic,
peaceful, empowering, and liberating message.
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