{"product_id":"hip-hop-is-dead-long-live-hip-hop-the-birth-death-and-resurrection-of-hip-hop-activism-paperback","title":"Hip Hop Is Dead - Long Live Hip Hop: The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Hip Hop Activism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. Stanley Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is no magic more powerful than music\"\u003cbr\u003e African Proverb\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his debut poetry collection, E.Stanley Richardson captures the visual eclectic voice and expression of the \"everyday\" African American experience in a style and rhythm reminiscent of the \"Black Arts Movement\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Hip Hop Is Dead - Long Live Hip Hop, The Birth, Death And Resurrection Of Hip Hop Activism\" is a unique lyrical blend of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul and \"Hip Hop\" poetry that testifies to the transcendent Ancestral Power and influence of African American music, its historical relationship to \"social struggle\" and to the \"colonial mechanisms\" within the dominant oppressive culture that conspire to appropriate, suppress, distort and control radical progressive African American music and art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is poetry that speaks  It summons us all to creative social and political action, while simultaneously asking a divine question, \u003cbr\u003e \"How Sacred Is The Music?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Long Live Hip Hop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. Stanley Richardson is an American poet, playwright, actor, social\/political activist and lecturer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe is the founder and director of ARTSPEAKS \"Bringing Poetry and People Together\"\u003cbr\u003e Dedicated to Empowering Community Through Art and Activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51802139427104,"sku":"9781544099132","price":26.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6bcce3d2ed260797ad6e010dd46104d6.webp?v=1780851282","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hip-hop-is-dead-long-live-hip-hop-the-birth-death-and-resurrection-of-hip-hop-activism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}