Photo from Notting Hill Carnival Ishmael Reed and Boots Riley on the Document journal discuss ‘the art of cultural agitation’. In this interview, in regards to Hip Hop turning 50 Boots Riley suggests that this campaign was marketing and not culture. Popular media has a way of propelling blackness as something anyone can participate and buy into. Hip Hop turning 50 is an example of this. It made it look as though it meant something to everyone. However, this historical event i

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