http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/04/18/but-dont-look-back-in-anger/ Giving you the sharpest knife possible to cut through the mainstream media fog. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:34:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/04/18/but-dont-look-back-in-anger/#comment-7451 anna Wed, 21 May 2008 03:33:08 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/04/18/but-dont-look-back-in-anger/#comment-7451 yes, you're probably quite right. however as a hip hop fan from australia/new zealand and more recently the uk and now studying in the u.s. i've been a little saddened by the general lack of interest in the evolution of hip hop outside of north america. it's almost like, to many hip hop fans in this country, hip hop outside the u.s doesn't even exist, despite the fact that there is some very exciting, although very different sounding, hip hop coming out all over and the politics of hip hop continue to have an immensely powerful influence on the lives of disenfranchised youth in many countries outside the u.s, particularly, in my experience, amongst diasporic and indigenous young people. yes, you’re probably quite right. however as a hip hop fan from australia/new zealand and more recently the uk and now studying in the u.s. i’ve been a little saddened by the general lack of interest in the evolution of hip hop outside of north america. it’s almost like, to many hip hop fans in this country, hip hop outside the u.s doesn’t even exist, despite the fact that there is some very exciting, although very different sounding, hip hop coming out all over and the politics of hip hop continue to have an immensely powerful influence on the lives of disenfranchised youth in many countries outside the u.s, particularly, in my experience, amongst diasporic and indigenous young people.

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