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This quote is just one of 9 total Jeff Chang quotes in our collection. Jeff Chang is known for saying 'There is so much about hip-hop culture that is peculiar to New York, and I got to understand it from that point of view.' as well as some of the following quotes.
I remember when (graffiti film) 'Wild Style' came to the (Honolulu) Academy of Arts. We loaded up the family in the station wagon. At the theater it was us and a couple of hippies from UH.
It's interesting to me that the questions assume that because I'm Asian-American and Pacific islander that I'm an outsider. But I'm not an outsider to the culture. In hip-hop, you either have something or you make way for someone who does. If you don't have it, step out and learn. I feel I've had to earn my stripes.
I entered at an interesting time, after the L.A. riots, when the field was in crisis. A lot of the movement was down with solidarity with other races, but the riots were a shock. The focus became interracial relations, and they wanted to know what I thought. It gave me a weird credibility in the field. A lot of us got published in academic journals right away.
This quote is just one of 9 total Jeff Chang quotes in our collection. Jeff Chang is known for saying 'There is so much about hip-hop culture that is peculiar to New York, and I got to understand it from that point of view.' as well as some of the following quotes.