Bigger than bling

“When it comes to people of color, the corporations that own these outlets understand the manipulation and they don’t want to sell us no revolution, because that would be selling us freedom. We are still in a state of apartheid, even in America.” So said Stic Man – one half of legendary hip hop outfit Dead Prez – before the New York launch of Dead Prez: It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop, a documentary film about the culturally and politically subversive underground movement he believes lies at the heart of hip hop culture.