The Marathon Continues: Living in the Wake of Nipsey Hussle through Hip-Hop

Miles, Corey J.

doi:10.1080/10646175.2022.2139167

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“…For instance, Miles (2022) conducts an ethnographic content analysis, analyzing ten posthumous released songs referencing Nipsey Hussle and his message. Miles (2022) concludes that Hip-Hop artists’, in this case, referencing Nipsey Hussle’s message and legacy, serve as “a form of consciousness that acknowledges our [collective] existence. .…”

Section: Public and Academic Commentary On Nipsey And His Albummentioning

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“….our desire to care for Nipsey [and] our understanding of the conditions he faced” (p. 12). For Miles (2022), understanding Nipsey’s message may assist in new ways of surviving under an anti-Black regime. While the studies mentioned above offer insights regarding Nipsey Hussle, rhetorical attention to his discourse, particularly regarding his emphasis on community based economics and financial literacy, is absent.…”

Section: Public and Academic Commentary On Nipsey And His Albummentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While not precisely addressing the Victory Lap album, other scholars have examined Nipsey's legacy, including analysis of tribute songs or posthumous references to him and his overall message on issues of race, culture, economics, health, and communalism (Kenner, 2022;Laurant, 2019;Magaña, 2022;McFerguson & Durham, 2021;Ralph, 2019;Seth et al, 2022;Williams et al, 2021). For instance, Miles (2022) conducts an ethnographic content analysis, analyzing ten posthumous released songs referencing Nipsey Hussle and his message. Miles (2022) concludes that Hip-Hop artists', in this case, referencing Nipsey Hussle's message and legacy, serve as "a form of consciousness that acknowledges our [collective] existence.…”

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Hussle and Motivate: An Afrocentric Understanding of Constitutive Rhetoric Toward Economic Empowerment in Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap Album

Smith

2023

Journal of Black Studies

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This essay examines the rhetorical strategies of the late Nipsey Hussle regarding the intersection of cultural rhetoric, identity, economic success, and financial literacy. Using what I call Afrocentric constitutive rhetoric as a methodological lens, I argue that Nipsey empowers his listeners toward an identity of economic success, specifically for marginalized communities, underscoring the ontological capacity of Hip-Hop rhetoric. To support this claim, I analyze select lyrics from Nipsey’s Grammy-nominated album, Victory Lap, released in 2018. Further, I illuminate the culturally distinct qualities of Nipsey’s rhetoric by coupling theorizations of Afrocentricity and constitutive rhetoric and its impact on identity formation for his listeners. Finally, I maintain that a cultural approach to constitutive rhetoric positions scholars to better understand the nuance of culturally specific rhetorical productions related to identity and economic empowerment.

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Section: Public and Academic Commentary On Nipsey And His Albummentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Public and Academic Commentary On Nipsey And His Albummentioning

confidence: 99%