The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop Festive By Rebecca Ollerton

By Rebecca Ollerton

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The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop Festive By Rebecca OllertonEdited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, and Nate Marshall A first of its kind anthology of hip hop poetica written for and by the people. Hip Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of the planet rock. This is the first poetry anthology by and for the Hip Hop generation. It has produced generations of artists who have revolutionized their genre(s) by applying the aesthetic innovations of the culture. The BreakBeat Poets features 78 poets,