Five Percenter Rap: God Hop's Music, Message, and Black Muslim Mission (Profiles in Popular Music)

by Felicia Miyakawa (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2005

  $32.60

  The Five Percent Nation is a controversial organization and a substantial cultural force. This offshoot of the Nation of Islam has employed commercial rap, or God Hop, to teach its beliefs, comment on relevant issues, and recruit new members. This work establishes the theological and historical underpinnings of Five Percenter Rap.