Monday, 19. February 2007
Topic: TV - on February 19, 2007 at 9:51:00 AM CET
HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Filmmaker Byron Hurt, a life-long hip-hop fan, was watching rap music videos on BET when he realized that each video was nearly identical. Guys in fancy cars threw money at the camera while scantily clad women danced in the background. As he discovered how stereotypical rap videos had become, Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist, decided to make a film about the gender politics of hip-hop, the music and the culture that he grew up with.
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