By D. Marvin Jones

Fear of a Hip-Hop Planet

America’s Next Dilemma

Is Gangsta Rap just black noise? Or does it play the same role for urban youth that CNN plays in mainstream America? This provocative set of essays tells us how Gangsta Rap is a creative “report” about an urban crisis, our new American dilemma, and why we need to listen.

More Books By D. Marvin Jones

Dangerous Spaces

Beyond the Racial Profile

The Presumption

Race and Injustice in the United States

Race, Sex, and Suspicion

The Myth of the Black Male