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Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Volume 3, Issue 1 (2016)

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Cover, Editors and Editorial Board, Sponsors, Table of Contents

Boardwalk Empire
Truth Thomas

Sojourner
Karl Carter

Foot Notes on Equality
Karl Carter

Brown Girl
Karl Carter

Representations and Discourses of Black Motherhood in Hip Hop and R&B over Time
Cassandra Chaney and Arielle Brown

About Gods, I Don't Believe in None of That Shit, the Facts Are Backwards: Slaughterhouse's Lyrical Atheism
Marquis Bey

Hip Hop Videos and Black Identity in Virtual Space
Joel Rubin

Bigger By the Dozens: The Prevalence of Afro-Based Tradition in Battle Rap
Shingi Mavima

Chocolate Star
Brandon White

Philosophy and Hip-Hop: Ruminations on Postmodern Cultural Form
Michael D. Royster

Religion and Hip Hop
Travis Harris

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