Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality - Hardcover

D., Chuck; Jah, Yusuf

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385318685 ISBN 13: 9780385318686

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 1997

The leader of the rap band, Public Enemy, and a pioneer of the musical genre offers his views on such subjects as self-empowerment in the African-American community, the effect of rap lyrics on youth, and Hollywood's images of blacks. Tour.

Review:

"Chuck D is the towering artist of Hip-Hop culture....His voice challenges all of us!"
--Cornel West, author of Race Matters

"Fight the Power will raise some hackles, generate some furor, and, most importantly, get people thinking about the way things are, and why."
--Chicago Sun-Times

"Gives free rein to hip-hop's longest-standing cultural watchdog....Anyone who expresses support for both Tupac and C. Delores Tucker in one book is worth listening to."
--The Source

About the Author:

Chuck D is the founder of and lead rapper for Public Enemy, which has a fan base of over twenty million people, and is considered one of the pioneers of Rap music.  Aside from his work with the "Rock the Vote" campaign, for which he was honored with the Patrick Lippert Humanitarian Award, he recently signed on as a reporter for Fox News Channel.  He also acted in his first film, An Alan Smithee Film--Burn, Hollywood, Burn.  A new Public Enemy album will be released in late 1997.  

Yusuf Jah is the author of Uprising: Crips and Bloods Tell the Story of America's Youth in Crossfire.  He has also written two other books relating to the Black community and has lectured in colleges across the country.