Fight the Power

“Fight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism is active resistance, the connecting of souls and communities through shared experiences of invisibility, silencing and hate. Fight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism allows us to reconnect with our corporal knowledge and those of our ancestors that encountered the same oppression and marginalization for generations. Hip Hop brings us ‘home’.” —Chelsie Acosta, National Coordinator, National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth
“Emerging from intersectional activism inspired and informed by the radical teachings of Hip Hop, this anthology offers first-hand accounts of how Hip Hop culture speaks truth to power taking action to address and eliminate oppression. Extremely timely, Fight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism is a must read for anyone interested in how diverse scholar-artist activists are taking action in their communities.” —Johnny Lupinacci, Associate Professor, Washington State University
“This book is timely, provocative, and insightful as it explores and unravels the relations between hip hop and social change. It should be of interest to both hip hop heads and hardcore activists, as well as a general inquisitive public. Definitely worth the read!” —Jason Del Gandio, Co-editor, Spontaneous Combustion: The Eros Effect and Global Revolution
“Beyond the beat and lyric, Fight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism boldly shows the kinetic and active forces in Hip Hop that are pushing back on oppressive systems. For the young kids of today, or the aging beatheads, the collection of voices in Fight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism inspire and educate its audience in creative and empowering ways to utilize their subcultural knowledge to fight back.” —Scott Robertson, Singer, Girlband
“A needed book fighting against the violence of white supremacy.” —Peace Studies Journal
“This book has powerful liberating agency with a genuine Freirean Pedagogy for marginalized groups who use hip-hop culture to build critical consciousness and activism. It definitely provides a platform and a voice to the voiceless, by promoting emancipating pop culture narratives/storytelling that counter narrow-minded views of the world by means of offering social, racial, and economic insights to justice, that forces mainstream society to see the invisible/disenfranchised.” —Cesar A. Rossatto, Professor, University of Texas, El Paso