Young, Black, Rich, and Famous: The Rise of the Nba, the Hip Hop Invasion, and the Transformation of American Culture

Young, Black, Rich, and Famous: The Rise of the Nba, the Hip Hop Invasion, and the Transformation of...

Todd Boyd / 2008 / 184 pages Books

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Posted: Nov-01-2008

young, black, rich, famous: the rise of the nba, the hip hop invasion, and the transformation of american culture

The book was very informing concerning the hip hop culture. A good "snap shot" of young males dreams and aspirations.

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Posted: Nov-16-2004

Critical Theory meets the NBA

Using the tools of a critical theorist, Todd Boyd sets out to analyze the quest for freedom of expression and existence, as it is played out on the basketball court and within the Black cultural renaissance of Hip-Hop music. American basketball, as it is played and lived by young African American...

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Posted: Jul-28-2004

Gave it to 'em raw

Dr. Boyd hits it on the head with this piece about basketball and hip-hop. The only way a book like this can be written the way it was is if you are a part of the culture yourself, because if not, it will not be easy to understand. I, for one, love it because he uses teams from the 80's, such as...

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Posted: Jun-23-2004

Who?s Ballin? Now?

Todd Boyd takes the notion of the hip-hop industry and basketball being synonymous to an entirely new level. With fluid and memorable references to the similarities of how hip-hop came from the streets, to the formation of how basketball is now the newest form of hip-hop, Boyd captures the...

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Posted: Jun-19-2004

Pretty Good Book

I dig whenever Todd Boyd is on a Project because He has a way with words.this Book puts alot into Perspective&Bridges many a gap.I was hoping for more Pulling together of Hip-Hop with the NBA a bit more but overall this Book makes for a Pretty Good read.

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Posted: May-13-2004

Boyd has done it again

Young Black Rich and Famous by Todd Boyd is an excellent book that chronicles the rise and fall and again rise of young rich Black men in the NBA during the 60s and 70s to the young rich Black men of the present day NBA. Boyd in addition to following the life and times of NBA players in the past...

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Posted: May-13-2004

Benefit Of The Doubt for the Hip Hop Professor

In the book, Young Black Rich and Famous, Dr. Todd Boyd talks about the struggles young African American men and women have in the United States. He uses basketball and the hip-hop nation as a giant metaphor, illustrating their reach for the American Dream. In his attempt to make his analogy, I...

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Posted: Jan-23-2004

I'm not sure what to think of this book...

First off I applaud Dr. Boyd's effort to write a book of this nature regarding the Hip-Hop generation which I am basically apart of since I grew up in the "Reagan 80's". I feel that Dr. Boyd falls short of clearly depicting his parallelism between Hip-Hop and the NBA. There are many points that...

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Posted: Nov-14-2003

The New American Dream

In the introduction to Young, Black, Rich and Famous, Dr. Todd Boyd boldly declares, "My mouthpiece is platinum, and the words the come from it are like pearls of wisdom tricked off with a whole new flava." Wow. He lays down the gauntlet. Thus, the question is, does his book measure up? I...

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Posted: Oct-28-2003

Garbage

I'm sick and tired of somebody like this PHd relating everything in African American culture to hip hop. I don't like anything he says about Michael Jordan you know why because he was not raised in the ghetto and he was not groomed to be a thug so he won't act like it. Bravo to him for that....

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