Marcyliena Morgan

The Real Hiphop

Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the LA Underground

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Produktbeschreibung

Project Blowed is a legendary hiphop workshop based in Los Angeles. It began in 1994 when a group of youth moved their already renowned open-mic nights from The Good Life, a Crenshaw district health food store, to the KAOS Network, an arts centre in Leime

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780822343622
• ISBN-10: 0822343622
• Artikelnr.: 25875236

Autorenporträt

Harvard University

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: I Am Hiphop 1
1. The Hippest Corner in LA 21
2. Welcome to the Underground: Building Hiphop Culture and Language 47
3. Thursday Night at Project Blowed 85
4. (Ph)eminists of the New School: Real Women, Tough Politics, and Female
Science 131
5. Politics, Discourse, and Drama: "Respect Due" 161
6. It's Hiphop Nation Time: Enter the KAOS 185
Appendix: Transcription Conventions 195
Notes 197
Glossary 207
References 211
Index 223