Brother J (born Jason Hunter) is an American
hip hop artist and is a member of the American hip hop group
X Clan, which used to include
Professor X the Overseer
Lumumba Carson (August 4, 1956 – March 17, 2006), known by his stage names Baba Professor X the Overseer, Professor X, or PXO was born the son of Brooklyn-based activist Sonny Carson.
Carson was a founding member of the hip hop group X Clan ...
, Paradise the Architect, and Sugar Shaft.
In 2016, ''Design & Trend'' magazine named him as one of the 10 Greatest Conscious Rappers of All Time.
"J. Cole, Mos Def, Kendrick Lamar? The 10 Greatest Conscious Rappers Of All Time"
''Design & Trend''. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
See also
* Political hip hop
Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning hip hop into a call for political and/or social action and a form of social and/or political activism. Inspired by 1970s political artists su ...
* Black nationalism
* Afrocentrism
Afrocentrism is an approach to the study of world history that focuses on the history of people of recent African descent. It is in some respects a response to Eurocentric attitudes about African people and their historical contributions. It ...
References
External links
X Clan Music
(X Clan official Web site)
African-American poets
African-American rappers
English-language poets
Island Records artists
Rappers from Brooklyn
1971 births
Living people
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American poets
21st-century African-American writers
20th-century African-American people
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