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OverviewOn September 4, 2012, Joseph Coleman, an eighteen-year-old aspiring gangsta rapper, was gunned down in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Police immediately began investigating the connections between Coleman's murder and an online war of words and music he was having with another Chicago rapper in a rival gang. In ""Chicago Hustle and Flow,"" Geoff Harkness points out how common this type of incident can be when rap groups form as extensions of gangs. Gangs and rap music, he argues, can be a deadly combination.Set in one of the largest underground music scenes in the nation, this book takes readers into the heart of gangsta rap culture in Chicago. From the electric buzz of nightclubs to the sights and sounds of bedroom recording studios, Harkness presents gripping accounts of the lives, beliefs, and ambitions of the gang members and rappers with whom he spent six years. A music genre obsessed with authenticity, gangsta rap promised those from crime-infested neighborhoods a ticket out of poverty. But while firsthand experiences with gangs and crime gave rappers a leg up, it also meant carrying weapons and traveling collectively for protection.Street gangs serve as a fan base and provide protection to rappers who bring in income and help to recruit for the gang. In examining this symbiotic relationship, ""Chicago Hustle and Flow ""ultimately illustrates how class stratification creates and maintains inequalities, even at the level of a local rap-music scene. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Geoff HarknessPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.304kg ISBN: 9780816692293ISBN 10: 0816692297 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 01 September 2014 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction. Welcome to the Terrordome: Chicago’s Gangsta-Rap Microscene 1. Who Shot Ya: A Tale of Two Gangsta-Rap Rivals 2. The Blueprint: Social Class and the Rise of the Rap Hustler 3. Bangin’ on Wax: Recording Studios as Symbolic Spaces 4. In Da Club: How Social Class Shapes the Performative Context 5. Capital Punishment: Crime and Risk Management in the Rap Game Conclusion. Rap Hustlers or Sucker MCs? Epilogue. Six Years Later Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsIn shifting the emphasis away from textual analysis of rap songs and toward artists' understandings of their own practices and identities, Chicago Hustle and Flow avoids the most common pitfalls of hip-hop studies texts. Many scholars have written about gangsta rap, but Geoff Harkness's committed qualitative approach and vividly drawn setting are deep breaths of fresh air. --Michael Jeffries, author of Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop In shifting the emphasis away from textual analysis of rap songs and toward artists understandings of their own practices and identities, Chicago Hustle and Flow avoids the most common pitfalls of hip-hop studies texts. Many scholars have written about gangsta rap, but Geoff Harkness s committed qualitative approach and vividly drawn setting are deep breaths of fresh air. Michael Jeffries, author of Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop Author InformationGeoff Harkness is visiting assistant professor of sociology at Grinnell College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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