To live and defy in LA [electronic resource] : how gangsta rap changed America / Felicia Angeja Viator.

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"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 Ameri...

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Main Author: Viator, Felicia Angeja, 1978- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Gangsta rap (Music) > Social aspects > United States.
Gangsta rap (Music) > California > Los Angeles > History and criticism.
Inner cities > California > Los Angeles.
Urban youth > California > Los Angeles.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2020 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America
Format: Electronic eBook

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