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This music history/cultural study by Harvey (multimedia studies, Sch. of Communications, Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale, MI) contends that neither reality television nor reality rap ever made any pretension to the dry objectivity of the mainstream American newsroom; the intention instead was to hook American perceptions to the stories that those newsrooms habitually ignored. Harvey argues that hip-hop was one of the first cultural genres to not only engage with this new reality but also leverage its practices for itself. His argument has a solid evidence base, in the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More