Gwendolyn Pough is an associate professor of women's studies, writing, and rhetoric at Syracuse University and the author of "Check It While I Wreck It, Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture," and the "Public Sphere," Northeastern University Press, 2004. Elaine Richardson is an associate professor of English at Penn State University and the author of "African American Literacies" (2003) and the forthcoming "Hip Hop Literacies" both from Routledge Press. Rachel Raimist is a Hip Hop feminist filmmaker, scholar, and activist. Her film credits include the award-winning feature length documentaries "Fre...