Dirty South
Ben Westhoff · 2011
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Author Ben Westhoff investigates the southern rap phenomenon, watching rappers?make it rain? in a Houston strip club and partying with the 2 Live Crew?s Luke Campbell. Westhoff visits the gritty neighborhoods where T.I. and Lil Wayne grew up, kicks it with Big Boi in Atlanta, and speaks with artists like DJ Smurf and Ms. Peachez, dance-craze originators accused of setting back the black race fifty years. Acting both as investigative journalist and irreverent critic, Westhoff probes the celebrated-but-dark history of Houston label Rap-A-Lot Records, details the lethal rivalry between Atlanta MCs Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy, and gets venerable rapper Scarface to open up about his time in a mental institution. --Publisher.
Book details
- Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Editions
- 6
- Pages
- 298
- ISBN
- 9781569766064
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