Hip Hop Versus Rap

What is the real hip hop? To whom does hip hop belong? And for what constructive purposes can hip hop be put to use? These are three key questions posed by hip hop activists in Hip Hop Versus Rap, which explores the politics of cultural authenticity, ownership and uplift in London’s post hip hop scene. The book is an ethnographic study of the identity, role, formation, and practices of the organic intellectuals that populate and propagate this ‘conscious’ hip hop milieu.