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In its early days, rap was understood as the poetry of the à â Å inner city,à â  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 LAà â â s self-styled à â Å ghetto reporters,à â  whose music forced America to see an urban crisis it preferred to ignore.

Produktbeschreibung
In its early days, rap was understood as the poetry of the à â Å inner city,à â  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 LAà â â s self-styled à â Å ghetto reporters,à â  whose music forced America to see an urban crisis it preferred to ignore.
Autorenporträt
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.