Volume 16 in the series, Popular Culture and Philosophy™
Track 5 draws upon “Pragmatism, Art, and Violence,” by Richard Shusterman, in Tetsuji Yamamoto, ed., Philosophical Designs for a Socio-Cultural Transformation, pp. 667–674, used by permission of Rowman and Littlefield. Track 13 is a revised version of the article by Bill E. Lawson which appeared in T.L. Lott and J.P. Pittman, eds., A Companion to African American Philosophy, reproduced here by permission of Basil Blackwell.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hip hop and philosophy : rhyme 2 reason / edited by Derrick Darby and Tommie Shelby.
p. cm.—(Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 16)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-0-812-69779-7
1. Rap (Music)—Social aspects. 2. Music and philosophy. 3. Hip-hop. I. Darby, Derrick, 1967- II. Shelby, Tommie, 1967- III. Series.
ML3918.R37H55 2005
782.421649’01—dc22
2005019833