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,¿ whose music forced America to see an urban crisis it preferred to ignore.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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,” whose music forced America to see an urban crisis it preferred to ignore.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Felicia Angeja Viator
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780674976368
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97636-8
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Rap and Hip Hop, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Rap & Hip-Hop, Music reviews & criticism, History of the Americas, Popular Music, Music reviews and criticism