My blogs

Rise Up Hip Hop Nation

Wright to the Point

About me

Introduction	Okay, here's a sketchy bio: I live a balanced but hectic life with my family as my anchor. I'm an educator/sociologist; my areas of specialization include African American studies, social stratification (race, class, gender), urban education, media and popular culture. I also write commentaries on hip hop issues published on various web sites under the title: Rise Up Hip Hop Nation, so I figured it was time I archive them and begin a blog with same title. In terms of my personal passion for hip hop, although I grew up with hip hop (literally), my interest in hip hop today is not so much in its artistic forms of expression, but in its people and their social and political freedom from oppression. For me hip hop has and always will be foremost about the people it represents and our struggles.

Introduction

Okay, here's a sketchy bio: I live a balanced but hectic life with my family as my anchor. I'm an educator/sociologist; my areas of specialization include African American studies, social stratification (race, class, gender), urban education, media and popular culture. I also write commentaries on hip hop issues published on various web sites under the title: Rise Up Hip Hop Nation, so I figured it was time I archive them and begin a blog with same title. In terms of my personal passion for hip hop, although I grew up with hip hop (literally), my interest in hip hop today is not so much in its artistic forms of expression, but in its people and their social and political freedom from oppression. For me hip hop has and always will be foremost about the people it represents and our struggles.