New York Ricans from the hip hop zone
Exploring the history of hip hop music from the standpoint of the New York Puerto Rican community, this book breaks with the assumption that, in terms of cultural history and artistic expression, Puerto Ricans share more with 'Latinos' than with African Americans
History
xiv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9781403960443, 9781403960436, 1403960445, 1403960437
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Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Enter the New York Ricans
I. Historical narrative
It's just begun : the 1970s and early 1980s ; Whose hip hop? the late 1980s and early 1990s ; Ghettocentricity, Blackness and pan-Latinidad : the mid-to-late 1990s
II. Topics at the turn of the century
Latin@s get hot and ghetto-tropical ; Butta pecan mamis ; Navigating Blackness and Latinidad through language ; Remembering Big Pun ; Between Blackness and Latinidad : a brief historical overview
Epilogue
Notes
Appendix : interviews and articles
Fat Joe ; La Bruja ; Angie Martinez ; Dynasty Rockers' Diana ; Hip hop meets bomba at the real wedding of the millenium ; Of artists and cuties ; Barrio's graffiti hall of fame
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