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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Director Byron Hurt, former star college quarterback, longtime hip-hop fan, and ge...( read more  read more... )nder violence prevention educator, conceived the documentary as a "loving critique" of a number of disturbing trends in the world of rap music. He pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for glamorizing destructive, deeply conservative stereotypes of manhood. The documentary features revealing interviews about masculinity and sexism with rappers such as Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D, Jadakiss, and Busta Rhymes, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and cultural commentators such as Michael Eric Dyson and Beverly Guy-Shetfall. Critically acclaimed for its fearless engagement with issues of race, gender violence, and the corporate exploitation of youth culture.

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Unrated, 61 min

Directed by: Byron Hurt

Release Date: January 1, 2006

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  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 15, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my thing
  • votepsi
    July 7, 2008
    votepsi
    Some interesting information but really all about amin stream hip hop culture and nothing to do with the underground rap scene.
  • wisdomkernu2002
    November 6, 2007
    wisdomkernu2002
    wowooooowowowowo i like it

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