Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics

Introduction: Follow Me into a Solo 1. In This Journey You're the Journalist: Rap Lyrics, Neoliberalism, and the Black Parallel Public 2. A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous: Consuming Rap and Political Attitudes 3. Follow the Leader: Hip-hop Activism and the Circulation of Black Politics 4. Put Here to be Much More than That: The Rise and Fall of Kwame Kilpatrick Conclusion: Obama and the Future of Hip-hop Politics Acknowledgments Appendix A. Political Platforms for the Hip-hop Social Action Network (HSAN) and the Black Panther Party Appendix B. National Hip-hop Convention (NHHPC) Agenda, 2004 Appendix C. Top Hip-hop Albums for the Week of Dec. 1, 2006 Appendix D: Ownership of Top Market Urban/Urban Adult Contemporary Radio Stations Notes Bibliography Discography Index