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Michael Eric Dyson is an American author, academic, and public intellectual, born on October 23, 1958. He is recognized for his work in African American studies, sociology, and cultural criticism. Dyson has authored numerous books on race, politics, and culture, and has held faculty positions at various universities.

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“Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became the vox populi of America, and then as an adult he shattered racial barriers.”

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“Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent.”

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“Hip-hop is about the brilliance of pavement poetry.”

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“Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs and Russell Simmons have made millions from their clothing lines.”

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“Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics.”

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Book:Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop

Source: Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop

“Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats, intelligent lyrics, soulful samples, and a sense of joy that is never exhausted in one sitting.”

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Book:Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop

Source: Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop

“If you take a guy like a Barack Obama, who's raised millions of dollars from the most donors in the history of this nation, it suggests that there's a deep and profound hunger for a new politics to come forth. And a guy like him has been able to mobilize that and to reach certain parts of the hip-hop generation.”

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“..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even as he encourages them not to look at hip-hop as their salvation.”

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Book:Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?.

Source: Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?.

“He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.”

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Author:Michael Eric Dyson