To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674976368ISBN-10:674976363UPC:9780674976368Book Category:Music, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & Criticism, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Rap & Hip Hop, AmericanSize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCKBRFTQHX
To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America
How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis.
How is it that gangsta rap--so dystopian that it struck aspiring Brooklyn rapper and future superstar Jay-Z as "over the top"--was born in Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood, surf, and sun? In the Reagan era, hip-hop was understood to be the music of the inner city and, with rare exception, of New...Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674976368ISBN-10:674976363UPC:9780674976368Book Category:Music, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & Criticism, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Rap & Hip Hop, AmericanSize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCKBRFTQHX
Viator, Felicia Angeja: - Felicia Angeja Viator is Assistant Professor of History at San Francisco State University. Prior to writing about music, she worked as a DJ in the Bay Area, where she was born and raised.
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