The New H.N.I.C.: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop

Contents

Contents Preface: Game Recognize Game ix Who We Be: Introducing the New H.N.I.C 1 1 No Time for Fake Niggas: Hip Hop, from Private to Public 24 2 Brothas Gonna Work It Out: Hip Hop’s Ongoing Search for the Real 44 3 Can’t Knock the Hustle: Hip Hop and the Cult of Playa Hatin’ 61 4 Head Nigga in Charge: Slick Willie, Slim Shady, and the Return of the “White Negro” 102 Epilogue: Where’s the Love? 139 Selected Bibliography 153 Glossary of Hip Hop Terms 155 Shout Outs 159 Index 161 About the Author 169 v For Ed Boyd the greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th ...