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"Dyson's incisive analysis of JAY-Z's brilliance not only offers a brief history of hip-hop's critical place in American culture, but also hints at how we can best move forward." �Questlove JAY-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric Dyson�s decade of teaching the work of one of the greatest poets this nation has produced, as gifted a wordsmith as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Rita Dove. But as a rapper, he�s sometimes not given the credit he deserves for just how great an artist he�s been for so long. This book wrestles with the biggest themes of JAY-Z's career, including hustling, and it recognizes the way that he�s always weaved politics into his music, making important statements about race, criminal justice, black wealth and social injustice. As he enters his fifties, and to mark his thirty years as a recording artist, this is the perfect time to take a look at JAY-Z�s career and his role in making this nation what it is today. In many ways, this is JAY-Z�s America as much as it�s Pelosi�s America, or Trump�s America, or Martin Luther King�s America. JAY-Z has given this country a language to think with and words to live by. Featuring a Foreword by Pharrell