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MARX: THE HIP-HOP
MESSAGE
Alex Callinicos (2003) – neo-Marxist thinker
–Marx’s thought was (and remains) a means by which to
imagine other worlds: social structures free from the
exploitative and hierarchical nature of capitalism and its
antagonistic class relations. It is an approach that has
had an extensive presence in art and cultural products,
and also popular culture in the form of popular music.
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Late 1970’s – a popular music form would
develop that would similarly reflect such a
political influence and express to a
contemporary audience the thought and political
