TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spady, James G.,
AU  - Meghelli, Samir,
AU  - Alim, H. Samy,
TI  - Tha global cipha: hip hop culture and consciousness 
SN  - 9780967174112
AV  - ML3531 .S689 2006
U1  - 782.421649 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Philadelphia, PA
PB  - Black History Museum Press
KW  - Rap (Music)
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Rap musicians
KW  - Interviews
KW  - fast
KW  - Rap
KW  - swd
KW  - Hip-Hop
KW  - gnd
KW  - Rapmusiker
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes index
N2  - This book presents in-depth conversations with hip-hop artists from around the world, representing the many regional scenes of the U.S. (from the East Coast to the Bay Area to the Dirty South), France, the Caribbean (from Jamaica to Puerto Rico), and Africa (from Algeria to Senegal), as well as diverse forms of street musics, such as Reggaeton, Reggae/Dancehall, Shaabi and Rai. Conversations with Jay-Z, Mos Def, Eve, Sean Paul, Young Jeezy, Foxy Brown, Booba, Buju Banton, Ivy Queen, Afrika Bambaataa, Sonia Sanchez, DJ Kool Herc, Oxmo Puccino, Trina, Cornbread, Mannie Fresh, Intik, Beanie Sigel, Cheb Khaled, Pitbull, Manu Key, Tego Calderon and many others, demonstrate these artists to be critical interpreters of their own culture and of the world around them. This book centers the usually marginalized voices of Hip Hop communities, presenting a remarkably refreshing and revealing view of Hip Hop Culture from the inside-out
ER  -