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SEX, RACE & HIP HOP: MISOGYNY & THE EMCEE
Underground Hip Hop MISOGYNY & THE EMCEE:
SEX, RACE & HIP HOP
by Ewuare X. Osayande

Out Now!

Taking on the single most controversial issue in the hip hop world, award-winning author and activist Ewuare Osayande takes no prisoners and pulls no punches in this tour de force of critical essays on the exploitation of Black women in the rap industry.

Written at a time when most debates on hip hop have been reduced to rhetorical prattles between liberal defenders and conservative detractors, Osayande turns the corner with Misogyny & the Emcee and offers a nuanced view that puts the interests of the people before profit.

Covering the major controversies in hip hop for the past several years, Osayande dissects the lives and lyrics of many recording artists including 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Nelly, OutKast, Ludacris, Common, Dead Prez, Beanie Sigel, Dr. Dre, Kirk Franklin, R. Kelly and many more. But he doesn't stop there. He also takes on Eminem, The Source and Don Imus as well as their corporate sponsors. Osayande's analysis targets the exact location where racism, sexism and capitalism criss-cross, collide and wreak havoc on the lives and aspirations of Black youth worldwide. The net result is a systemic attack on the integrity of Black life and culture.

Misogyny & the Emcee unmasks the brutal masculinity that hip hop mimics and markets to the world. To Osayande, the cost is more than the price of a CD. The cost is the very lives of our youth caught between the cross-fire of poverty and violence. Each day the streets bear witness to this deadly truth.

Misogyny & the Emcee is a necessary work for these times. It is the work of a Black man critically engaging the socio-political constructs of hip hop culture through the radical lens of Black feminist thought without compromise. In this work Osayande heralds the vision of Black women such as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Kelly Brown Douglas, Pearl Cleage, Joy James and Aishah Shahidah Simmons, who have championed the cause of social justice for decades. Here is a work that heralds the future.

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Ewuare X. Osayande is now securing readings and interviews for the book. All interested parties should email him at OsayandeSpeaks @ hotmail.com.



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