A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop: How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be

Listening to hip-hop as a kid in rural Kentucky made Hess think about what it meant to be white, while his small-town environment encouraged him to avoid or even mock such self-examination. Here, he offers a point of entry for readers committed to racial justice but uncertain about white people's role in relation to black culture.

About the author

Mickey Hess is Professor of English at Rider University and the co-author, with rapper Buddha Monk, of The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard (Dey Street/HarperCollins, 2014). Hess is the author of Is Hip Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music (Praeger 2007), and the editor of Greenwood Press's Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide (2010) and Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Music, Movement, and Culture (2007). His other books include the novel Nostalgia Echo (C&R, 2011) and the memoir Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory (Garrett County, 2008), which was featured as a Chicago Reader "Critic's Choice."

Product details

• Authors: Mickey Hess
• Publisher: Ig Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781632460776
• ISBN: 978-1-63246-077-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 208 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories