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Bakari Kitwana is co-founder of the first ever National Hip-Hop Political Convention and the author of The Rap on Gangsta Rap (Third World Press, 1994), The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture (Basic Books, 2002) and his most recent book Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America (Basic Books, June 2005). Don’t sleep Bakari Kitwana was also former executive editor of The Source, and has been acknowledged as an expert on hip-hop politics by the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and countless other high profile periodicals, journals and other media outlets.

We were able to discuss everything from his opinion of the Source Magazine, Jay-Z, the infusion of pimp culture into hip hop culture, the dependence on hip hop to save a community and why do White kids love hip hop. For more info on Bakari Kitwana head to www.bakarikitwana.com