Acknowledgments; 1. From the Revolutionary War to the " Revolutionary Generation"; 2." We Men Ain't We?"; 3. Brothers Gonna Work It Out; 4. Ladies First?; 5. Representin' God; 6. Be True to the Game; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary
Brothers Gonna Work It Out considers the political expression of rap artists within the historical tradition of black nationalism. Interweaving songs and personal interviews with hip-hop artists and activists including Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Rosa Clemente, manager of dead prez, and Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, Cheney links late twentieth-century hip-hop nationalists with their nineteenth-century spiritual forebears. Cheney examines Black nationalism as an ideology historically inspired by a crisis of masculinity. Challenging simplistic notions of hip-hop culture as s
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index