Hip-Hop in the Era of Barack Obama

D&HHP readers and community:

This post will contain a series of articles that take up the campaign, election, and inauguration of President Barack Obama and its relationship to hip-hop culture and the hip-hop generation. It is to help forge a dialogue for not simply hip-hop as music or art, but the political circumstances and challenges that face us as a generation. I hope that everyone who reads this post will take the time to read one or all of the articles and leave their thoughts in the comments section. After a couple of weeks of exchange, we will respond with a statement on the articles and the conversation.

Is Obama's presidency the change hip-hop needs?

We are the post hip-hop generation

New anti-gang legislation targets hip-hop generation

The hip-hop generation in decline

Breaking Free: The Politics of the Hip-Hop Generation

Barack Obama, Hip-Hop Candidate