The Rap on Gangsta Rap: Who Run It? Gangsta Rap and Visions of Black Violence

Kitwana, Bakari

ISBN 10: 0883781751 / ISBN 13: 9780883781753

Published by Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Third World Pr, 1994

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Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Seller Inventory # ABE-10542783925

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Rap on Gangsta Rap: Who Run It? Gangsta ...

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Third World Pr

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

This book is a critical review of the highly explosive and widely discussed musical art form called Gangsta Rap. Kitwana examines the ways Black culture, male-female relationships, sexism, white supremacy (racism), and gun violence converge in this controversial music form.

Review:

"While Kitwana makes clear arguments about what has affected Black youth over the last twenty years, from lock-ups to loitering laws, he doesn't simply enumerate the issues on a continuous loop, he looks toward solutions."

""While Kitwana makes clear arguments about what has affected Black youth over the last twenty years, from lock-ups to loitering laws, he doesn't simply enumerate the issues on a continuous loop, he looks toward solutions.""