Please Make Sure to Consult the Guidelines and expectations in your syllabus. (375- 500 word response FOR EACH QUESTION. There are 4 questions). If you have questions prior to submitting this Assignment, please ask! This assignment is worth 60/500 points, please take the time to develop your responses (per guidelines) and proofread prior to submitting.

Please respond to FOUR Questions Total.

• Select: #1 OR #2
• Respond to: # 3
• Respond to: #4
• Select: #5 OR #6

Total of FOUR Responses: Each are worth 15 points= Assignment Total 60 points.

Part II: Written Review Assignment

1. Per Joseph, how is (hip hop in general &) the element of MCing in particular uniquely endowed as powerful political tool to "verbally engage political consciousness" (16)?
2. Besides Joseph & KRS-ONE, who are MCs that you see manifest themselves as Friere "cultural worker", Gramsci's "organic intellectual" or Giroux's "public intellectual" ?
3. Define how the concept of "Nommo" simultaneously historicizes and manifests in the contemporary role of the MC. Use 1-2 of your own examples to examine this.
4. Examine the DJing aesthetic of rupture (in sonic, conceptual, aesthetic, and political forms).
5. Although hip hop culture has always been multicultural, "when corporate culture industrialized hip-hop, it became centralized not only into African American culture but the face of all African America." Why do you think this is? Provide evidence for your position.
6. Why do you think the panelists of "Got Next" state that Hip-hop activismand hip-hop activistsare generationally specific?

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