Chuck D, Yusuf Jah

Fight the Power (eBook, ePUB)

Rap, Race and Reality with Yusuf Jah

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'This may be the most important book on rap in general and Public Enemy in particular.' The Guardian

Startling, gripping and uncompromising, Fight the Power is a living history of Hip Hop, the most popular and controversial musical movement since rock 'n' roll. Chuck D is the verbal powerhouse of Public Enemy, the group generally regarded as the political brains and brawn behind the rap revolution. Under Chuck D's leadership, Public Enemy have sold more than 20 million albums and are now confronting the music industry head-on by making new work available only over the internet.

This is his story.

'Fight the Power invites few comparisons, such is its sullen anger and glowering intensity.'
Hip Hop Connection

'No average music biography - a compelling read.'
Select

'A measured, mature work born of conviction, it forms a cornerstone of the institution that is Chuck D.'
The Times

'Witty and perceptive - lucid but emotionally stark. Fight the Power demands that for once, you believe the hype.'
Vox

'This defiantly ferocious statement of Hip Hop's love and revolutionary intent is Hip Hop's finest written testimony so far. What else did you expect?'
Muzik

'Chuck D is a towering artist of Hip Hop culture and a leading public intellectual of and for young America. His voice challenges all of us.'
Cornel West, author of Race Matters

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847676221
• Artikelnr.: 39512568

Autorenporträt

Chuck D is the founder of and lead rapper for Public Enemy, which has a fan base of over 20 million people, and is considered one of the pioneers of rap music. He was recently honoured by the Patrick Lippert Humanitarian Award for his work with the "Rock the Vote" campaign.

Yusuf Jah is the author of Uprising: Crips and Bloods Tell the Story of America's Youth in the Crossfire. He has also written two other books relating to the black community and has lectured in colleges all across the U.S.A.