Todd Boyd is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television. His books include Am I Black Enough for You? Popular Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond and, as co-editor, Basketball Jones: America above the Rim, available from NYU Press. He produced and co-wrote the Paramount Pictures film The Wood.

• 1 No Time for Fake Niggas: Hip Hop, from Private to Public2 Brothas Gonna Work It Out: Hip Hop's Ongoing Search for the Real3 Can't Knock the Hustle: Hip Hop and the Cult of Playa Hatin'4 Head Nigga in Charge: Slick Willie, Slim Shady, and the Return of the "White Negro"

"The New H.N.I.C. brilliantly observes pivotal moments in hip hop and black culture as a whole . . . and [provocatively] raises the level of the hip hop discussion." (Black Issues Book Review) "A convincing and entertaining case that hip-hop matters, Boyd's reading [of hip hop] is nothing less than inspired." - Mother Jones "If you want to understand the direction of music today, read this book. Boyd expertly chronicles the birth of Hip Hop, its impact on all music and how the language and music defines a generation." - Tom Freston,CEO, MTV Networks "Stand back! Todd Boyd brings the ruckus in this provocative look at how hip hop changed everything from the jailhouse to the White House;and why it truly became the voice of a new generation." - Alan Light,Editor-in-Chief, Spin Magazine "Those who are hip have always known that Black music is about more than simply nodding your head, snapping your fingers, and patting your feet. Like the proverbial Dude, back on the block, Dr. Todd Boyd, in his groundbreaking book The New H.N.I.C., tells us that like the best of this oral tradition, hip hop is a philosophy and worldview rooted in history and at the same time firmly of the moment. Dr. Boyd's improvisational flow is on point like be bop Stacy Adams and The New H.N.I.C.,in both style and substance, breaks down how this monumental cultural shift has come to redefine the globe. With mad props and much love, Dr. Boyds The New H.N.I.C. is the voice of a generation and stands poised at the vanguard of our future." - Quincy Jones

Todd Boyd is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television. His books include Am I Black Enough for You? Popular Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond and, as co-editor, Basketball Jones: America above the Rim, available from NYU Press. He produced and co-wrote the Paramount Pictures film The Wood.

• 1 No Time for Fake Niggas: Hip Hop, from Private to Public2 Brothas Gonna Work It Out: Hip Hop's Ongoing Search for the Real3 Can't Knock the Hustle: Hip Hop and the Cult of Playa Hatin'4 Head Nigga in Charge: Slick Willie, Slim Shady, and the Return of the "White Negro"

"The New H.N.I.C. brilliantly observes pivotal moments in hip hop and black culture as a whole . . . and [provocatively] raises the level of the hip hop discussion." (Black Issues Book Review) "A convincing and entertaining case that hip-hop matters, Boyd's reading [of hip hop] is nothing less than inspired." - Mother Jones "If you want to understand the direction of music today, read this book. Boyd expertly chronicles the birth of Hip Hop, its impact on all music and how the language and music defines a generation." - Tom Freston,CEO, MTV Networks "Stand back! Todd Boyd brings the ruckus in this provocative look at how hip hop changed everything from the jailhouse to the White House;and why it truly became the voice of a new generation." - Alan Light,Editor-in-Chief, Spin Magazine "Those who are hip have always known that Black music is about more than simply nodding your head, snapping your fingers, and patting your feet. Like the proverbial Dude, back on the block, Dr. Todd Boyd, in his groundbreaking book The New H.N.I.C., tells us that like the best of this oral tradition, hip hop is a philosophy and worldview rooted in history and at the same time firmly of the moment. Dr. Boyd's improvisational flow is on point like be bop Stacy Adams and The New H.N.I.C.,in both style and substance, breaks down how this monumental cultural shift has come to redefine the globe. With mad props and much love, Dr. Boyds The New H.N.I.C. is the voice of a generation and stands poised at the vanguard of our future." - Quincy Jones

Todd Boyd is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television. His books include Am I Black Enough for You? Popular Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond and, as co-editor, Basketball Jones: America above the Rim, available from NYU Press. He produced and co-wrote the Paramount Pictures film The Wood.

• 1 No Time for Fake Niggas: Hip Hop, from Private to Public2 Brothas Gonna Work It Out: Hip Hop's Ongoing Search for the Real3 Can't Knock the Hustle: Hip Hop and the Cult of Playa Hatin'4 Head Nigga in Charge: Slick Willie, Slim Shady, and the Return of the "White Negro"

"The New H.N.I.C. brilliantly observes pivotal moments in hip hop and black culture as a whole . . . and [provocatively] raises the level of the hip hop discussion." (Black Issues Book Review) "A convincing and entertaining case that hip-hop matters, Boyd's reading [of hip hop] is nothing less than inspired." - Mother Jones "If you want to understand the direction of music today, read this book. Boyd expertly chronicles the birth of Hip Hop, its impact on all music and how the language and music defines a generation." - Tom Freston,CEO, MTV Networks "Stand back! Todd Boyd brings the ruckus in this provocative look at how hip hop changed everything from the jailhouse to the White House;and why it truly became the voice of a new generation." - Alan Light,Editor-in-Chief, Spin Magazine "Those who are hip have always known that Black music is about more than simply nodding your head, snapping your fingers, and patting your feet. Like the proverbial Dude, back on the block, Dr. Todd Boyd, in his groundbreaking book The New H.N.I.C., tells us that like the best of this oral tradition, hip hop is a philosophy and worldview rooted in history and at the same time firmly of the moment. Dr. Boyd's improvisational flow is on point like be bop Stacy Adams and The New H.N.I.C.,in both style and substance, breaks down how this monumental cultural shift has come to redefine the globe. With mad props and much love, Dr. Boyds The New H.N.I.C. is the voice of a generation and stands poised at the vanguard of our future." - Quincy Jones