Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: Globalization, Transcultural Music, and Ethnic Identities

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Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: Globalization| Transcultural Music| and Ethnic Identities| by Christopher Dennis| explores the impact that globalization and the transnational spread of U.S. popular culture specifically hip-hop and rap are having on the social identities of younger generations of black Colombians. Along with addressing why and how hip-hop has migrated so effectively to Colombia s black communities| Dennis introduces readers to some of the country s most renowned Afro-Colombian hip-hop artists| their musical innovations| and production and distribution practices. Above all| Dennis demonstrates how| through a mode of transculturation| today s young artists are transforming U.S. hip-hop into a more autonomous art form used for articulating oppositional social and political critiques| reworking ethnic identities| and actively contributing to the reimagining of the Colombian nation. Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop uncovers ways in which young Afro-Colombian performers are attempting to use hip-hop and digital media to bring the perspectives| histories| and expressive forms of their marginalized communities into national and international public consciousness.”