Bakari Kitwana Bakari Kitwana is the author of The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture. The former executive editor of The Source: the magazine of hip-hop music, culture and politics, he's edited hundreds of articles on hip-hop and youth culture. Acknowledged as a expert on youth culture and hip-hop politics and activism by The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Salon.com, USA Today, CNN, The O'Reilly Factor and other leading publications and news outlets, his writings have appeared in the Source, Savoy, the Village Voice, the Progressive, BET.com and other publications. Additionally, Kitwana writes a column on hip-hop and youth culture called "Do the Knowledge" for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and has lectured on hip-hop at Harvard University, Columbia University, Vassar College, Hamilton College, the University of Rochester and many other colleges and universities across the country. The author of The Rap on Gangsta Rap, he teaches a course in the political science department at Kent State University called "The Politics of The Hip-Hop Generation," is a consultant on hip-hop for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and is the author of the forthcoming Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop. 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