Jeff Chang

Jeff Chang is editor of Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop and author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation.

Currently

  • News From Nowhere

    November 1, 2007

    Hip-hop star M.I.A. broadcasts the sound of those with one foot in the First World and the other in the global South.

  • Hip-Hop's E-Z Scapegoats

    May 8, 2007

    There's a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.

  • Moving On Up

    January 4, 2007

    Jay-Z, self-styled savior of hip-hop, is the face of the new establishment.

2002

  • 'Stakes Is High'

    December 23, 2002

    As the central marker of urban youth of color authenticity, rap music has become the key to the niching of youth culture.

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