gender, 11, 18–19, 25, 39, 42–44, 47, 50, 55–59, 63, 77, 89–91, 93, 95, 100, 103, 108, 143, 152, 159, 168

gender stereotypes. See stereotypes

George, Nelson, 4, 7, 31, 34, 52, 74

Gilroy, Paul, 32

globalization, 4, 17, 33–34, 37, 143, 172–173

Gold Digga, 77, 90, 156–157

Hartley, John, 17, 35–36

Hebdige, Dick, 14

Hegemony, 14, 17, 25, 28–29, 31–32, 34, 37, 39, 58, 106, 118, 134, 137, 143, 146

hip hop mogul, 21, 49, 158–159, 163

hooks, bell, 59–62, 106, 120

Hos/Hoes, 8, 72, 77, 84–86, 89, 132, 161

Huq, Rupa, 147–148

Hurricane Katrina, 152–153, 155

Hutnyk, John, 173

Iacocca, Lee, 140

Ice Cube, 64, 66–67, 69, 75, 82

ideology

cultural ideology, 120

dominant ideology, 4–5, 13–14, 42, 46, 134, 142, 163

Imus, Don, 84–85

inequality, 4, 10–11, 15, 17–18, 21, 24, 40, 48, 54–55, 58, 92, 114–115, 123, 137–138, 140, 142–145, 152–154, 160, 163–164, 169, 171

integrated symbols, 27, 37

Ishola, Tony “Bilal”, 148

Japanese Hip Hop, 174–175

Jay-Z, 6, 21, 24, 73, 76, 158–159, 166–167

Jones, Sarah, 130–131

Jones v FCC, 131

Kellner, Douglas, 140

Keyes, Cheryl, 97, 119

Kitwana, Bakari, 7–8, 55–56, 77–78, 86, 88, 145

KRS-One, 113

Kweli, Talib, 122–123, 159, 172, 176

LL Cool J, 78, 110

Lady Dynamite, 95–96

Ms. Dynamite, 124

Las Krudas, 92–93

Lauryn Hill, 113, 130

The Roots, 113, 122, 132–133, 176

Lil' Kim, 6, 73, 86, 89, 98–99, 105, 150

linguistic paradigms, 25

Madison Avenue, 139

mainstream hip hop, 8, 55, 168

Malcolm X, 113, 120, 132, 148, 176