Close to the edge : in search of the global hip hop generation
At its rhythmic, beating heart, Close to the Edge asks whether hip hop can change the world. Hip hop -- rapping, beat-making, b-boying, deejaying, graffiti -- captured the imagination of the teenage Sujatha Fernandes in the 1980s, inspiring her and politicizing her along the way. Years later, armed with mc-ing skills and an urge to immerse herself in global hip hop, she embarks on a journey into street culture around the world. From the south side of Chicago to the barrios of Caracas and Havana and the sprawling periphery of Sydney, she grapples with questions of global voices and local critiques, and the rage that underlies both. An engrossing read and an exhilarating travelogue, this punchy book also asks hard questions about dispossession, racism, poverty and the quest for change through a microphone. -- Back cover
Rap (Music)
xi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9781844677412, 1844677419
711052051
The making of a hip hop globe
Made in Havana City
Down and underground in Chi-Town
Blackfulla Blackfulla
In the mouth of the wolf
Global rage : over the edge