Affect, Black Rage, and False Alternatives in the Hip-Hop Nation

This essay looks to the work of iconic rap artist Tupac Shakur to illuminate the role of Black rage as a common denominator between rap’s most conscious and gangsta iterations. Specifically, by theorizing Black rage as the founding affective impulse of the hip-hop nation, critics can identify common...

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Published in:Cultural studies, critical methodologies critical methodologies, 2013-10, Vol.13 (5), p.408-418
Main Author: McCann, Bryan J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artists
Blacks
Communication
Contextual analysis
Musicians
Nation
Race
Racial Relations
Scholarships
Social history
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