Table of Contents
Editorials
| Introduction | |
| Ebony A Utley, Brenda J Allen |
| Farewell Editorial | |
| Anita Taylor |
Articles
| Sacrifice, Love, and Resistance: The Hip Hop Legacy of Assata Shakur | |
| Lisa M Corrigan |
| Black, Blue and Loved All Over: Revolutionary Love, "Seven" and the Ritual of Spoken Solidarity | |
| Rachel N Hastings |
| Passion in a Mathree: Metropolitan Love in Nazizi Hirji's "Kenyan Girl/Kenyan Boy" | |
| Evan Mwangi, Wanjiru Mbure |
| Falling Out of Love With Hip Hop | |
| Heather Day |
| Love Magnified: Where Art Thou? | |
| Michelle E Jones |
| Can a Thug (get some) Love? Sex, Romance, and the Definition of a Hip Hop Thug | |
| Michael P Jeffries |
| Analyzing the Discourse of Hip Hop Love Through Rap Balladry, 1987 and 2007 | |
| Jamal Santa Cruze Bell, Roberto Avant-Mier |
| Lovin' Mama and Hatin' on Baby Mama: A Comparison of Misogynistic and Stereotypical Representations in Songs about Rappers Mothers' and Baby Mamas | |
| Tia C.M. Tyree |
| Trapped in the Closet: Understanding Contemporary Relationships in the African-American Hip Hop Community | |
| Cassandra Chaney |
| Show Some Love: Youth Responses to "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" | |
| Ebony A Utley, Alisha L Menzies |
Book Reviews
| Book Reviews | |
ISSN: 8755-4550