Book Description

There are some very serious problems in the African American Community. The family is being destroyed; nearly 70% of all African American infants are born to unwed mothers. Crime is rampant; it's projected that 28% of all African American males will be incarcerated in their lifetime. And then there's high unemployment, drug use, poverty, and deficiencies in education.

And as the African American community burns, hip-hop music is stoking the fires.

This according to, The Architects of Rap" a controversial and politically incorrect new book by African American cartoonist and author Leslie Taha.

He takes the position that the blatant glorification of promiscuity, immorality, and criminality that is imbedded in most rap and hip hop music is doing nothing but promoting the very behaviors that are the source of the African American community's biggest problems.

The Architects of Rap is one of the few (if any) books on the market that takes this stance. It dares to point the finger squarely at the hip-hop world, and charge it with being not a friend, but an enemy of African Americans.

Some of the topics it covers are hip-hop's degrading racial stereotypes, its corporate control, the influence it has on children, how it's contributing to the decline of the African American family, how ultra-liberalism supports it, and the issue of censorship.

Although the book's focus is on hip-hop culture, (which has also spread into Caucasian, Latino, and other communities) it's really about the American culture in general. It's about the poisonous elements that have entered into it, and the effect it's having on us all;rap and hip-hop being a prime example.

The book's format is quite unique. It's a poetic blend of humorous cartoons, insightful commentary, satire, statistics and quotes. The result is a powerful indictment of hip-hop culture and the entertainment industry that produced it.