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Entertainment enthusiast DeVone Holt once considered himself one of
hip-hop’s biggest fans. However, after watching the culture
pollute society with a barrage of deplorable messages he now stands
in opposition of the music he once adamantly defended.
In Hip-Hop Slop, Holt provides a blunt critical
assessment of a culture that encourages its impressionable fans to
get their “freak on,” stay high til they die, and flip
the bird to traditional values.
Holt contends that the relatively young genre is headed for a “Hip-Hop
Holocaust” if it doesn’t curb its insatiable appetite
for contemptuous grandstanding and dangerous hedonistic pleasures.
But despite hip-hop’s shortcomings, Holt believes the culture
can be restored. His restoration plan includes strategies for parents,
fans, community leaders, media types, and hip-hop artists who have
the power to confront, correct and ultimately redirect the course
of one of America’s most influential cultures.
Hip-Hop
Slop is a timely and essential book for anyone who has
been directly or indirectly impacted by the decadent traits of hip-hop.
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