To live and defy in LA how gangsta rap changed America

"In its early days, rap was understood as the poetry of the "inner city," which usually meant New York. Few expected anything as hard-edged as gangsta rap to emerge from Los Angeles, home of surf and sun. Felicia Viator tells the story of LA's self-styled "ghetto reporters,&...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Viator, Felicia Angeja, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2020
Subjects:
Gangsta rap (Music) > Social aspects > United States.
Gangsta rap (Music) > California > Los Angeles > History and criticism.
Inner cities > California > Los Angeles.
Urban youth > California > Los Angeles.
Jeunes en milieu urbain > Californie > Los Angeles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
Gangsta rap (Music)
Inner cities
Urban youth
California > Los Angeles
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: They don't even know
  • The Batterram
  • Hardcore L.A.
  • The boys in the hood are always hard
  • Somebody's gonna pay attention
  • Without a gun and a badge
  • Conclusion: L.A County blues

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