A Nation of Millions?

One Mic:
If hip-hop is a nation of millions, then what does it stand for?
By David Swerdlick

Hip-hop is as American as apple pie. It is also materialism, the n-word, and general double-talk. So now that hip-hop has solidified itself as the dominant youth culture of our times (enough that BET and VH1, two networks owned by the same company, both have competing hip-hop broadcasts), the question hip-hop nation must ask itself is if it only wants apple pie, or if it wants to have a meal first?

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