Blowin' up : rap dreams in South Central / Jooyoung Lee.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Jooyoung, 1980- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Rap musicians > California > Los Angeles.
Rap (Music) > History and criticism.
African American teenage boys > California > Los Angeles.
Music trade > California > Los Angeles.
African American teenage boys.
Music trade.
Rap (Music)
Rap musicians.
California > Los Angeles.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xiii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface: Down Crenshaw Boulevard
  • Introduction: rap dreams and existential urgency
  • Becoming rappers
  • Growing up in gangland
  • Masters of ceremony
  • Freestyle
  • Battle
  • Trying to blow up
  • Cautionary tales
  • Almost famous
  • Ditching the day job
  • Gang violence and dreams derailed
  • Conclusion: nurturing the creative lives of young black men
  • Shout outs
  • Methods appendix: videos in ethnography.