Beats Not Beatings

A brilliant and compelling book that highlights the empowering and revolutionary nature of Hip Hop, a powerful medium that also highlights the corrupt and malicious criminal justice systems that serve the interests of the powerful. These essays make a profound contribution to the growing grass-roots movement calling for an inclusive, egalitarian, and sustainable future for everyone on the planet. —Dr. David Nibert, Professor of Sociology, Wittenberg University It is refreshing, exciting and affirming to know that a collection of people have made the conscious decision to document hip-hop's resistance to the carceral state. A definite must-read for those interested in the relationship between carcerality and self-determination. —Dr. David Stovall, University of Illinois at Chicago An invigorating and thoughtful exploration, taking the reader to terrains not often visited from perspectives rarely heard. The biographies of the authors in this collection read like a wish-list of dinner companions one could only dream of. —Dr. Michael Coyle, Professor, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, California State University, Chico This book is a profoundly powerful radical book demanding total liberation. Beats Not Beatings: The Rise of Hip Hop Criminology is a must read book for anyone wanting racial justice and Black liberation. —Tony Quintana, Editor, Transformative Justice Journal