Thanks to TV shows like Law and Order and CSI, these days, everyone is familiar with crime scenes. In his first book, Brady “Phanatik” Goodwin walks us through the evidence as he investigates a triple homicide in The Death of Hip Hop, Marriage & Morals. Many youth and young adults do not know their history and yet the past 100 years have seen some of the most “game-changing” developments in psychology and philosophy. These historic shifts take place at the academic level in our universities and then trickle down to the street level where many of us live them out without even knowing.
After becoming fluent in the language of these seemingly separate worlds, Brady Goodwin has endeavored to interpret the conversation for us; bringing parents, professors and pastors “up to speed” on conversations taking place at the street level, while bringing “the streets” up to speed on the discussions of the college classroom and the corner church. His aim is to spread this vital information as far and wide as possible; to change the national conversation and resurrect culture, family and faith in urban America, before it is too late.
Part text-book and part text-message, this is a must read for anyone working with or living with urbanized youth and young adults.