Jeff Chang (Bay Area) Jeff Chang is the author of Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Cultural and Political History of the Hip-Hop Generation. He has written extensively on race, culture, music and politics. He was Senior Editor of Politics at Russell Simmons' 360hiphop.com, a founding editor of ColorLines Magazine, and co-founder of the influential hip hop indie label, SoleSides, helping launch the careers of critically acclaimed hip-hop artists DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker. He is currently working with the Open Society Institute and other philanthropic foundations and hip-hop activist organizations across the country to support the development of emerging work for social change that bridges politics and culture. Born of Chinese and Native Hawaiian ancestry and raised in Hawai'i, he currently lives with his wife, Lourdes, and two sons, Jonathan and Solomon, in Berkeley, CA, halfway between Brooklyn and Honolulu. More Bios: Marinieves Alba | Ang 13 | Shaheen Ariefidien | Max Benitez | James Bernard | Toni Blackman | Triple Blak | Jeff Chang | Kevin Coval | Jonzi D | Mos Def | Martha Diaz | Jessica Green | James "Casper" Jankowiak | Talib Kweli | Bakari Kitwana | M1 | Boogie McClarin | Ivor Miller | Marcyliena Morgan | David Muhammad | Yunus Rafiq | Dr. Raquel Z. Rivera | Livio Sansone | Clyde Valentine | Cristina Verán | Zephyr