To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America by Felicia Angeja Viator
To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America

Felicia Angeja Viator

To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America

Felicia Angeja Viator

304 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction music challenging slow-paced
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How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis. How is it that gangsta rap—so dystopian that it struck aspiring Brooklyn rapper and future superstar Jay-Z as “over the top”—was born in Los Angeles, t...

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