I saw this post on SOHH and thought this was interesting and would share.
Quote, "Manhood in Hip HopMy boss listens to National Public Radio (NPR) all the time and he told me about a show called "Talk of the Nation" that was going to be discussing Hip Hop artists and the image they portray to the world.
Listen to it here - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7498468
The guest for the show was a film maker by the name of Byron Hurt who's documentary "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" will be debuting on PBS tonight. He went around and asked many prominent artists about their content and what they thought of the many ways "hip Hop" can be viewed as destructive. It sounds like Mr. Hurt was pretty much confronting these guys infront of a camera. I believe the film has interviews with Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Jada Kiss, and a host of other artists in the lime light.
Watch a teaser of the film here - http://youtube.com/watch?v=WjxjZe3RhIo
I think Mr. Hurt is doing great work. I also think he's doing exactly what many of us in this forum have been doing- transforming Hip Hop in order to prayerfully transform individuals."
I listened to the audio and this is pretty good. Here's a little about the show.
Quote, "A Look at Hip-Hop, 'Beyond Beats and Rhymes'
Talk of the Nation, February 20, 2007 · Filmmaker Byron Hurt's new movie Beyond Beats and Rhymes, documents the impact of the rap music culture on the men who listen and create it.
Guests: Byron Hurt, writer-director of Beyond Beats and RhymesMark Anthony Neal, professor of black popular culture at Duke University"
This looks like good stuff. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/hiphop/
The author of the video thinks hip hop culture is dying.
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