Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present
Mark Costello
140 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0880015357
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Language: English
Publish: 852105600000
AmericanaAudiobookEssaysHip HopHistoryMusicNonfictionPhilosophyRaceThe United States Of America
The author of Infinite Jest and his co-writer discuss rap and popular culture, power, money, racial politics, and language in the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. “Brilliantly written . . . (with) great wit, insight, and in-your-face energy.”–Review of Contemporary Fiction.