From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofTears We Cannot StopandWhat Truth Sounds Like, and the author ofJay-Z: Made in America, the classic biography of Tupac Shakur and portrait of hip hop culture.
Decades after his murder, Tupac Shakur is even more loved, contested, and celebrated than he was in life. His posthumously released albums, poetry, and motion pictures have catapulted him into the upper echelon of American cultural icons. InHoller If You Hear Me, bestselling public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson offers a wholly original way of looking at Tupac that will thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who want to understand him.
Michael Eric Dysonis one of America's premier public intellectuals and the author of the
New York Timesbestsellers
Tears We Cannot Stopand
What Truth Sounds Like. He occupies the distinguished position of University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, is a contributing opinion writer for the
New York Times, and is a contributing editor of
The New Republicand ESPN's
The Undefeated.
Ebonymagazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 150 most powerful blacks in the nation. Dyson writes, trying to canonize Pac for ghetto sainthood. So let he who has ears, hear, and holler.
Vibe Mesmerizing...promises to thrill and surprise even his most avid fans.
Essence Dyson plays the role less of biographer or critic than cultural translator, offering thumbnail explanations of tides of black rage, machismo, self-hate, authenticity, and radical activism.
New York Times Dyson at his penetrating best.
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