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A tantalizing study of a city, its music, and a way of life journeys inside the intense and violent world of New Orleans rap music to bring to life the evolution of the popular form of music, the people who make it, and the hidden culture that surrounds it. 20,000 first printing.
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" Evocative. . . . A rare glimpse inside an inscrutable American city and an inadvertent elegy to it."
-- "Los Angeles Times Book Review"
" Poignant. . . . An intimate portrait of the New Orleans rap scene, [where] the folks he meets are unforgettable: gifted, dysfunctional, undefeated."
-- "Newsweek"
" "Triksta" captures the game's street-level desperation [and] tells their stories in an energetic, empathetic shorthand [that is] infused with love and respect."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
" Cohn's journey through the world of teenage rappers, rickety studios, and crumbling housing projects is a human and fascinating view of a culture that isn't widely known . . . A heavyhearted memorial."
-- "Entertainment Weekly"
Evocative. . . . A rare glimpse inside an inscrutable American city and an inadvertent elegy to it.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Poignant. . . . An intimate portrait of the New Orleans rap scene, [where] the folks he meets are unforgettable: gifted, dysfunctional, undefeated.
Newsweek
Triksta captures the game s street-level desperation [and] tells their stories in an energetic, empathetic shorthand [that is] infused with love and respect.
The New York Times Book Review
Cohn's journey through the world of teenage rappers, rickety studios, and crumbling housing projects is a human and fascinating view of a culture that isn't widely known . . . A heavyhearted memorial.
Entertainment Weekly"
"Evocative. . . . A rare glimpse inside an inscrutable American city and an inadvertent elegy to it."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review "Poignant. . . . An intimate portrait of the New Orleans rap scene, [where] the folks he meets are unforgettable: gifted, dysfunctional, undefeated."
--Newsweek "Triksta captures the game's street-level desperation [and] tells their stories in an energetic, empathetic shorthand [that is] infused with love and respect."
--The New York Times Book Review "Cohn's journey through the world of teenage rappers, rickety studios, and crumbling housing projects is a human and fascinating view of a culture that isn't widely known . . . A heavyhearted memorial."
--Entertainment Weekly
About the Author:
-- "Los Angeles Times Book Review"
" Poignant. . . . An intimate portrait of the New Orleans rap scene, [where] the folks he meets are unforgettable: gifted, dysfunctional, undefeated."
-- "Newsweek"
" "Triksta" captures the game's street-level desperation [and] tells their stories in an energetic, empathetic shorthand [that is] infused with love and respect."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
" Cohn's journey through the world of teenage rappers, rickety studios, and crumbling housing projects is a human and fascinating view of a culture that isn't widely known . . . A heavyhearted memorial."
-- "Entertainment Weekly"
Evocative. . . . A rare glimpse inside an inscrutable American city and an inadvertent elegy to it.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Poignant. . . . An intimate portrait of the New Orleans rap scene, [where] the folks he meets are unforgettable: gifted, dysfunctional, undefeated.
Newsweek
Triksta captures the game s street-level desperation [and] tells their stories in an energetic, empathetic shorthand [that is] infused with love and respect.
The New York Times Book Review
Cohn's journey through the world of teenage rappers, rickety studios, and crumbling housing projects is a human and fascinating view of a culture that isn't widely known . . . A heavyhearted memorial.
Entertainment Weekly"
"Evocative. . . . A rare glimpse inside an inscrutable American city and an inadvertent elegy to it."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review "Poignant. . . . An intimate portrait of the New Orleans rap scene, [where] the folks he meets are unforgettable: gifted, dysfunctional, undefeated."
--Newsweek "Triksta captures the game's street-level desperation [and] tells their stories in an energetic, empathetic shorthand [that is] infused with love and respect."
--The New York Times Book Review "Cohn's journey through the world of teenage rappers, rickety studios, and crumbling housing projects is a human and fascinating view of a culture that isn't widely known . . . A heavyhearted memorial."
--Entertainment Weekly
Nik Cohn is the author of six previous books, as well as two collaborations with the artist Guy Peellaert. He was born in London, raised in Northern Ireland, and now lives on Shelter Island, New York.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date2005
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