NC Hip Hop Writing and Writers

WRITERS, ARTICLES, REVIEWS, RESEARCH

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Cypher on Planet Iznak Interviews with mostly Greensboro artists: Mind Elevation - Abdu & Self Esteem, Case Logic, Cosmic Legaci, Massive Jugganott, el-Monte Slim, Treasun and the tzone.

Finding Freestyle Community in North Carolina Article from BLU about Greensboro freestyle including an interview with The Brown Recluse and references to Kaos Mathematics, Case Logic, Cosmic Legaci and Treasun.

The Hip-Hop Paradigm: Mapping and Transcending its Boundaries The Hip Hop and Cultural Studies Collective's 2001 conference at the University of Michigan included Clifton Watson of North Carolina Central University on the Saturday schedule.

Lucas: Cornerback DJ Puts Rap Career On Hold Derrick Johnson focuses on football (Tar Heel Blue, 2002).

Monte Smith Spoken word artist.

Self-Hating Hicks "A South Fulla Pig-Chasing Whiteboy Rappers Fail to Elevate Their Race."

Snoop Dogg "A North Carolina cracker proclaims the reign of rap's highest hound a triumph of decadence over the numbing boredom of the status quo, in the tradition of the Marquis de Sade and Arthur Rimbaud."

Speaking in Tongues - Michael Eric Dyson Angela Spivey for Endeavors (Dec. 1995).