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Nas hate me now video11/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The article makes the claim that through rap music and other aspects of hip-hop culture, certain hip-hop artists see themselves as performing the role that they believe religious leaders and politicians seem to have failed at fulfilling. ![]() In particular, the article locates and evaluates the significance of the video within the broader context of the artist’s ambiguous negotiation of the relationship between religion(s) and hip-hop – explicitly rap music – that extends beyond the usual blues connection. This article analyses rapper NAS’ video entitled “Hate Me Now” as an instance of his broader self-perception/self-construction/self-affirmation/self-proclamation as the Messiah of hip-hop and a rap-prophet making proclamations on American socio-political and religious values. Religion, Hip-hop, Rap, Metonymy, Popular Culture, Cultural Theory Abstract
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