I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either.

- Bakari Kitwana

I agree that all kids of all colors love hip-hop. My point in writing the book was to raise questions about the ways the hip-hop generation and the m…

- Bakari Kitwana

Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop circles that …

- Bakari Kitwana

And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers of the music, you…

- Bakari Kitwana

We live in a society that refuses to set a standard for what we will allow American entertainment to expose to our children. I think we need to set a…

- Bakari Kitwana

Hip-hop is a complex music and culture that has been reduced to a one-dimensional critique. Hip-hop's messages aren't all bad. Neither are they all g…

- Bakari Kitwana

Hip-Hop's cultural movement is much larger than the corporate representation. The images most of hip-hop's critics point to are those manufactured by…

- Bakari Kitwana

Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for…

- Bakari Kitwana

My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power that can change the…

- Bakari Kitwana