has long been an essential element in mankind’s efforts to connect with cultures, people, and environments different then their own. In the 2001 critically acclaimed novel, The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture by former Source Magazine editor Bakari Kitwana issues in regards to the culture of Hip-Hop and its connection to economic, social, political, and spiritual experiences of African Americans is assessed. Through an in depth analysis Kitwana investigates
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