Because of the increasing influence of hip hop music and culture on a generation raised during its dominance, it is important to address Hip hop and African American vernacular not merely as elements of folk and popular cultures but as rhetoric worthy of serious scrutiny. In Gettin' Our Groove On, Kermit E. Campbell not only insists on this worthiness but also investigates the role that African American vernacular plays in giving a voice to the lived experiences of America's ghetto marginalized.
Campbell's work shows the persistence and force of the vernacular tradition in the face of...
Because of the increasing influence of hip hop music and culture on a generation raised during its dominance, it is important to address Hip hop an...
