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© 2005 by S. Craig Watkins
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This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the uncoated paper
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Text design by Patricia Duque Campos
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Watkins, S. Craig (Samuel Craig)

Hip hop matters : politics, pop culture, and the struggle for the soul of a

movement / S. Craig Watkins.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
ISBN 0-8070-0986-5 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
1.  Rap (Music)—History and criticism.  2. Hip-hop.  I. Title. 

ML3531.W38 2005
782.421649—dc22
2004024187