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Publication details [#51829]
Fraley, Todd. 2009. I Got a Natural Skill…: Hip-Hop, Authenticity, and Whiteness. Howard Journal of Communication 20 (1) : 37–54. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
Using the example of the famous White rapper, Eminem, this paper relates the authenticity struggle in the hip-hop world to social constructions of race and in particular to problematic essentialized notions that negate race complexities and fluidity.