Pick up a book and READ
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Channel: DRLibby · 2009 · People & Blogs
Che Kothari promotes the Manifesto Festival 2009 Reflection Enternal at the 'Hip Hop World' book launch written by Dalton Higgins who asks the question, "do Hip Hoppas read?" PLUG IN: Listen to CBC RADIO ONE 99.1 Saturdays at 5 'Big City Small World'
According to WIKIPEDIA: Dr. Evil performing in a parody of a hip hop music video ("Hard Knock Life" by Jay-Z) performs an entire verse that is blanked out. In 1995 Roger Ebert wrote:[62]
Rap has a bad reputation in white circles, where many people believe it consists of obscene and violent anti-white and anti-female guttural. Some of it does. Most does not. Most white listeners don't care; they hear black voices in a litany of discontent, and tune out. Yet rap plays the same role today as Bob Dylan did in 1960, giving voice to the hopes and angers of a generation, and a lot of rap is powerful writing.
PICK UP A BOOK AND READ
