Hip Hop Esthetics

MK Asante enlightens listeners on how the survival ethic that is at heart of Black life and culture permeates Hip Hop culture. Asante maintains that this survival ethic is responsible for the codes and improvisation that are found within Hip Hop and can even be found in the etymology of the word Hip Hop. Georgetown University sociology professor and Hip Hop scholar Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is central to the conversation.