Beats Rhymes & Life: What We Love and Hate About Hip-HopOur generation made hip hop. But hip hop also made us. Why are suburban kids referring to their subdivision as "block"? Why has the pimp become a figure of male power? Why has dodging the feds become an act of honor long after one has made millions as a legitimate artist? What happens when fantasy does more harm than reality? From the Introduction Hip hop culture has been in the mainstream for years. Suburban teens take their fashion cues from Diddy