Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States

10th Anniversary Edition

Explores the complexity of identities formed at the crossroads of Islam and hip hop

Now appearing in a 10th anniversary edition, Su’ad Abdul Khabeer’s groundbreaking study of race, religion and popular culture in the 21st century United States introduced a new concept, “Muslim Cool,” as a way of being an American Muslim—displayed in ideas, dress, social activism in the ’hood, and in complex relationships to state power. Constructed through hip hop and the performance ...