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buzzz worthy. . . NEW YORK -- Steve Stoute's acclaimed 2011 book,  The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture that Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy , is now available as an audiobook narrated by  Scandal  star Kerry Washington. A portion of the proceeds from the book, which presents an insider's view of how the transcendent power of popular culture is helping reinvigorate and revitalize the American dream, will go toward Washington's charity, the  President's Committee  on the Arts and the Humanities. The Tanning of America  serves as a pop culture anthology that chronicles the impact of hip-hop on the economy over the last thirty years. Stoute traces how the "tanning" phenomenon raised a generation that has the same mental complexion based on shared experiences and values, rather than the demographic boxes that have been used to a fault by corporate America.  The Tanning of America  provides a translation guide to bridge t...