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Against the mainstream

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John Jo Sidwell looks at another radical hip-hop outfit, The Coup, and their struggle for radical politics in the face of adversity Over the backdrop of laid-back, funk-driven West Coast hip-hop, Boots Riley, The Coup's front man, delivers a biting and polemical attack on the American establishment and the capitalist system it enforces. Boots is joined ...

It’s bigger than hip hop

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First published in Communist Student no.3 Hip hop and radical politics make unlikely bedfellows these days. Ted North looks at one exception to the rule, the band Dead Prez Mainstream hip hop is dominated by hyper-commercialised sell-outs, whose subject matter revolves around topics as important as who has the biggest diamonds, who has had the most girls ...