Jeff Chang is an
American journalist and music critic on
hip hop music and culture. His 2005 book,
Can't Stop Won't Stop, which won the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award, chronicles the early hip hop scene. His writings have appeared in publications such as
URB,
The Bomb,
San Francisco Chronicle, the
Village Voice, the
San Francisco Bay Guardian,
Vibe,
Spin,
The Nation, and
Mother Jones. Jeff is currently the Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts + Committee on Black Performing Arts at Stanford University.