Hip Hop's Amnesia

What did rap music and hip hop culture inherit from the spirituals classic blues ragtime classic jazz and bebop? What did rap music and hip hop culture inherit from the Black Women’s Club Movement New Negro Movement Harlem Renaissance Hipster Movement and Black Muslim Movement? In Hip Hop’s Amnesia award-winning author spoken-word artist and multi-instrumentalist Reiland Rabaka answers these questions by rescuing and reclaiming the often-overlooked early twentieth century origins and evolution of rap music and hip hop culture.<BR />