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Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Most Popular Papers *

Addict Rap?: The Shift from Drug Distributor to Drug Consumer in Hip Hop
CalvinJohn Smiley

It’s “Hip Hop,” Not “hip-hop”
Tasha Iglesias and Travis Harris

“This Ain’t Just a Rap Song”: 2Pac, Sociopolitical Realities, and Hip Hop Nation Language
Leah Tonnette Gaines

I Gotta Testify: Kanye West, Hip Hop, and the Church
Joshua K. Wright, Adria Y. Goldman, and VaNatta S. Ford

Twenty-First Century B.I.T.C.H. Frameworks: Hip Hop Feminism Comes of Age
Aria S. Halliday and Ashley N. Payne

If I Ruled the World: Putting Hip Hop on the Atlas
Travis T. Harris, Simran Singh, and Daniel White Hodge

The Cardi B–Beyoncé Complex: Ratchet Respectability and Black Adolescent Girlhood
Ashley N. Payne

Funk What You Heard: Hip Hop Is A Field of Study
Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Eminem's Character, Stan: A Bio-Psycho-Social Autopsy
Akeem Sule and Becky Inkster

Hip Hop Feminism Starter Kit
M. Nicole Horsley

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