0:08 – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop is based on original interviews with DJs, b-boys, rappers, activists, and gang members chronicling the historic events, ideas, movements and music that marked the hip hop generation’s rise and worldwide influence. Today we air excerpts of a conversation on policing, people’s power, the book, and more.
Jeff Chang has written extensively on culture, politics, the arts, and music. His books include Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Who We Be, and We Gon’ Be Alright.
Davey D Cook is hip hop historian, adjunct professor at San Francisco State, host of KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio, and co-author with Jeff Chang of the new Young Adult Edition of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip Hop History.