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Chicago hustle and flow

Harkness, Geoffrey Victor.

Chicago hustle and flow gangs, gangsta rap, and social class / [electronic resource] : Geoff Harkness. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Welcome to the terrordome : Chicago's gangsta-rap microscene -- Who shot ya : a tale of two gangsta-rap rivals -- The blueprint : social class and the rise of the rap hustler -- Bangin' on wax : recording studios as symbolic spaces -- In da club : how social class shapes the performative context -- Capital punishment : crime and risk management in the rap game -- Conclusion. Rap hustlers or sucker MCs? -- Epilogue. Six years later.

9781452943985 1452943982


Gangs--Illinois--Chicago.
Gangsta rap (Music)--History and criticism.--Illinois--Chicago
Gangsta rap (Music)--Social aspects--United States.


Electronic books.

ML3918.R37 / H27 2014

306.4/842490977311