"REVOLUTIONARY BLACK NATIONALISM HAD A BABY AND THEY NAME IT HIP-HOP"
- PAUL BUTLER
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Delano Butler is an American lawyer, former prosecutor, and current law professor of Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Butler is one of the nation’s most frequently consulted scholars on issues of race and criminal justice.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Utilizing classic icons like Public Enemy, N.W.A, Dead Prez, and Boogie Down Productions; contemporary giants such as Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, and OutKast; and underground stars including Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def and more, Butler relies on a broad swath of rap music to construct its critique of the American criminal justice system.
WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS
Honnold Mudd Library has both printed copies and an online PDF or you can purchase your own copy on Amazon
Paul Delano Butler is an American lawyer, former prosecutor, and current law professor of Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Butler is one of the nation’s most frequently consulted scholars on issues of race and criminal justice.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Utilizing classic icons like Public Enemy, N.W.A, Dead Prez, and Boogie Down Productions; contemporary giants such as Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, and OutKast; and underground stars including Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def and more, Butler relies on a broad swath of rap music to construct its critique of the American criminal justice system.
WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS
Honnold Mudd Library has both printed copies and an online PDF or you can purchase your own copy on Amazon
“They are not really after me for that, they [law enforcement and critics are] after me because of the educational level I’m giving the people. And I’m telling them, I am giving them the guts to say, “F**k ‘em.” See, this is what scares them. They are scared of one brother yelling out “the system can ‘kiss my a**.’” This could cause a problem.
They are also afraid of the fact that kids that go to law schools, Harvard and all these are listening to my album, think its dope and these kids are the next ones that are going to be sitting on the Supreme Court. Next, what you are going to have in five years is that the Supreme Court is going to be wearing Too Short, Ice-T, Yo-Yo, Ice Cube t-shirts. The country will be f**ked, as far as they’re concerned. I think it will be a great place.”
– Ice-T
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