Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks …

David Foster Wallace
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Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride. ✨ Interview With Larry McCaffery, www.dalkeyarchive.com. 1993.
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Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride. ✨ Interview With Larry McCaffery, www.dalkeyarchive.com. 1993.

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