Greg Dimitriadis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University at Buffalo, Suny. He is the author of Performing Identity/Performing Culture: Hip-Hop as Text, Pedagogy, and Lived Practice. Cameron McCarthy is Research Professor and University Scholar at the University of Illinois' Institute of Communications Research. His previous works include The Uses of Culture: Education and the Limits of Ethnic Affiliation and Race, Identity, and Representation in Education.