Untangles the intricately knotted issues around hip-hop culture and its treatment of young black women Pimps Up, Ho’s Down pulls at the threads of the intrica

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In the early 1970''s, feminism promised to remake the world for women and create a new cultural landscape where women have equality with men. But forty years la

Hip hop has become a major cultural force in the internet age, with people constantly creating, sharing, and discussing hip hop online, from Drake memes through

Traces the origins of Black body politics in the United States and its contemporary manifestations in hip-hop music and film.