The problem of maturity in hip hop

Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-389

  Gordon, Lewis R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84887011514     PISSN: 10714413     EISSN: 15563022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10714410500339020     Document Type: Article

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22. This article is an expanded version of “Be Healthy and Seek Wise Ways: The Problem of Maturity in Hip Hop,” which appears in Hip Hop and Philosophy, ed. Derrick Darby and Tommine Shelby (Chicago, IL: Open Court, 2005). Thanks to Jane Anna Gordon and Doug Ficek for reading early versions and to Mathieu Gordon for whom hip hop continues to offer so much.