Post-Pomo Hip-Hop Homos: Hip-Hop Art, Gay Rappers, and Social Change

Part of a special issue on the relationship between art, identity, and social justice. A study was conducted to examine the contributions and political activism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer hip-hop artists. Data were obtained from interviews and field work with the gay hip-hop c...

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Main Author: Wilson, D. Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: Social justice
Year: 2007, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-140
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Social Change
Popular culture > United States
African American musicians
Hip-hop culture
Sexual minorities
LGBTQ+ musicians
Gay men & musicals
Gay men in literature
Social conditions of LGBTQ people
Gay men
Rap musicians
Gay musicians
Music > Social aspects
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Summary:Part of a special issue on the relationship between art, identity, and social justice. A study was conducted to examine the contributions and political activism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer hip-hop artists. Data were obtained from interviews and field work with the gay hip-hop crew Deep Dick Collective (D/DC). Findings revealed that D/DC's call for social action and its willingness to engage with critique and contradiction challenge other progressive movements to reflect critically on the social identities and social realities of people they would rather disregard. Findings also revealed that D/DC's art presents to hip-hop and other progressive movements of change a willingness to admit that these movements have limitations regarding issues of identity, and that these limitations require constant self-critique and self-examination. Findings are discussed in detail.
ISSN:2327-641X