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Title:

Business as usual [DVD] : the exploitation of hip hop / produced by Jeff Dillard ; directors, Jeff Dillard, Frank Pinnock.

Format:

[DVD] :

Publisher:

MDV Visual,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Rap (Music)--Economic aspects.
Hip-hop.
Rap musicians--United States--Interviews.
Exploitation.
DVD videodisc.

Other Authors:

Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- narrator.
West, Kanye, interviewee.
KRS-One (Musician), interviewee.
DMC (Musician), interviewee.
Dillard, Jeff, film director. film director.
Pinnock, Frank, film director.
MDV Visual, film distributor.

Notes:

Narrator, Mekhi Phifer; Interviewees, Kanye West, KRS-One, DMC, Dead Prez, Lil Scrappy.

Summary:

A feature-length documentary that asks the question: Is hip-hop the problem or is it the solution? Has hip-hop been exploited for economic gain? Who is controlling the systems and influencing the youth? Who is really making the money?

UPC:

857063005127

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)