Myoung-Sun Song is Assistant Professor in the Department of American Culture at Sogang University, South Korea. She received her PhD in Communication from University of Southern California, USA. Her research focuses on the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, and (national) identity in Korean media and popular culture.

Offers the first scholarly book-length study in English or Korean on the subject Korean hip hop

Engages with issues related to global hip hop, Korean hip hop, K-pop, Korean identity in transnational contexts, and ethnographic methodologies

Explicates the term "Hanguk hip hop" and its relation to broader issues of Korean identity and cultural production

¿1. We All Made Us: Historicizing Hanguk Hip Hop.- 2. Made in Korea: Authenticity in Hanguk Hip Hop.- 3. From Hongdae to Sinchon: Space and Place in Korean Hip Hop.- 4. 2 Chainz & Rollies: Hip Hop as Self-Development Text in Neoliberal South Korea.- 5. Idol Rapper: K-Pop and the Production of Authenticity.- 6. Unpretty Rapstar: Gender and Representation in Korean Hip Hop.- 7. We All Made History: Globalizing Hanguk Hip Hop.