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Thug Life - Race, Gender and The Meaning of Hip Hop

Paperback • 2011

Thug Life - Race, Gender and The Meaning of Hip Hop

By Michael Alpert

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Hip-hop has come a long way from its origins in the Bronx in the 1970s, when rapping and Djing were just part of a lively, decidedly local scene that also venerated break-dancing and graffiti. Now hip-hop is a global phenomenon and, in the United States, a massively successful corporate enterprise predominantly controlled and consumed by whites while the most prominent performers are black. How does this shift in racial dynamics affect our understanding of contemporary hip-hop, especially when t...Show more

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9780226395852

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2011

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Thug Life - Race, Gender and The Meaning of Hip Hop

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