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Nuthin' but a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap - Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives
Eithne Quinn
Nuthin' but a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap - Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives
Eithne Quinn
Focusing on the artists Ice Cube, Dr Dre, the Geto Boys, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur, Quinn explores the origins, development, and immense popularity of gangsta rap. Including detailed readings in urban geography, neoconservative politics, subcultural formations, black cultural debates, and music industry conditions, this book explains how and why this music genre emerged.
264 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 17, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780231124089 |
Publishers | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Dimensions | 163 × 233 × 19 mm · 476 g |
Language | English |