Thug life : race, gender, and the meaning of hip-hop / Michael P. Jeffries.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffries, Michael P.
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010 [©2011]
Subjects:
Rap (Music) > Social aspects > United States.
Hip-hop > Social aspects > United States.
Physical Description:x, 263 pages
Format: Book
Contents:
  • State of the hip-hop union
  • The meaning of hip-hop
  • From a cool complex to complex cool
  • Thug life and social death
  • The bridge : summary of chapters two and three
  • Hip-hop authenticity in black and white
  • Parental advisory : explicit lyrics
  • The last verse
  • Obama as hip-hop icon.