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Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Volume 4, Issue 1 (2017)

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

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

After Blackness, Then Blackness: Afro-Pessimism, Black Life, and Classical Hip Hop as Counter-Performance
Kevin Eubanks

The Vulgar Voice on the New Black Realist Soundtrack: Sounds of Resistance, Policing and Crime in Spike Lee's Clockers
James Millea

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

White Chicks with a Gangsta' Pitch: Gendered Whiteness in United States Rap Culture (1990-2017)
Melvin L. Williams

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

Making Movie Money: A 25-Year Analysis of Rappers' Acting Roles in Hollywood Movies
Tia Tyree

Hip Hop DJs and the Evolution of Technology: Cultural Exchange, Innovation, and Democratization
Roy Christopher

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