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 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. 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.