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From Voiceless to Victorious

Street Sounds and Social Skills for Gang-Involved Urban Youth

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As noted in this book’s introduction, Rap music and its related Hip-Hop culture have historically functioned as a “voice of the voiceless” for urban youth, especially its oppressed ethnic minority segments. Rap music’s initial entry into mainstream society through the accessible and amusing “Rapper’s Delight” (1979) was soon followed by the stark and sobering “The Message” (1982).

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Abdul-Adil, J. (2014). From Voiceless to Victorious. In: Porfilio, B., Roychoudhury, D., Gardner, L.M. (eds) See You at the Crossroads: Hip Hop Scholarship at the Intersections. Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-674-5_9

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