Chicago Hustle and Flow : Gangs, Gangsta Rap, and Social Class /

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"On September 4, 2012, Joseph Coleman, an eighteen-year-old aspiring gangsta rapper, was gunned down in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Police immediately began investigating the connections between Coleman's murder and an online war of words and music he was having with another Chi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harkness, Geoffrey Victor (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gangsta rap (Music)
Gangs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago.
Gangsta rap (Music) > Illinois > Chicago > History and criticism.
Gangsta rap (Music) > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Illinois > Chicago.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Welcome to the terrordome : Chicago's gangsta-rap microscene
  • Who shot ya? : a tale of two gangsta-rap rivals
  • The blueprint : social class and the rise of the rap hustler
  • Bangin' on wax : recording studios as symbolic spaces
  • In da club : how social class shapes the performative context
  • Capital punishment : crime and risk management in the rap game
  • Conclusion. Rap hustlers or sucker MCs?
  • Epilogue. Six years later.

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