Hip-hop redemption : finding God in the rhythm and the rhyme - Watkins, Ralph Basui, 1962- (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 2011)
Introduction: the mix and the remix -- When did you fall in love with hip-hop? : my story and the story of hip-hop -- I said a hip-hop : a snapshot of hip-hop history -- R U still down? : hip-hop culture as an extension of the blues -- I used to love her and I still love her : loving the broken beauty of hip-hop -- Common sense of common : whose side are you on? -- "Slippin' and slidin' i'm about to give up" : the theological truth in the story -- God skipped past the church : a hip-hop theology and a hip-hop theologian -- The miseducation of Lauryn Hill : a socio-theological critique of hip-hop -- Conclusion : from Gil Scott-Heron to Mos Def.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and index.
Keywords: Rap (Music) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Hip-hop -- Religious aspects -- Christianity