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  • (Excerpt)The Soul of San Francisco

    January 25, 2008  |  No Comments

    (Excerpt)The Soul of San Francisco

    This article appears in full in my book WORD: Rap, Politics & Feminism, and online at the Museum of the African Diaspora’s salon “I’ve Known Rivers” Project. ~ Rap is... Read more

  • (Excerpt) Women in Rap

    April 25, 2007  |  1 Comment

    (Excerpt) Women in Rap

    It seemed as if the regular slights, sexism and overt discrimination in rap music gave women rappers the collective strength to push the truly brave female rap artists to the... Read more

  • (Excerpt) Arrested Development

    April 25, 2007  |  No Comments

    (Excerpt) Arrested Development

    They didn’t fit into the hip-hop or R&B categories. They weren’t “hoodied” up with a hard assed scowl or conked up in a purple Chess King suit and a pair... Read more