Generation remixed: post-nationalism and the black culture shuffle -- The new afro-urban movement: rap redefines the voice of America -- Black pop in a B-Boy stance: Run-D.M.C. -- Stumbling through black power revisited: Public Enemy -- Niggas selling attitude: N.W.A. -- R-E-S-P-E-C-T in PC land: Salt-N-Pepa -- Gangsta chic: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg -- The myth of thug power: Tupac Shakur -- Ghetto fab rising: the Notorious B.I.G. and Sean "Puffy" Combs -- The Ice Age: Jay-Z -- Dog eat dog: DMX -- Vanilla nice: Eminem -- Keep on...to the break of dawn