Talking 'bout your mama : the dozens, snaps, and the deep roots of rap /
Wald, Elijah,author.
Hardcover edition published under the title: The dozens : a history of rap's mama.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A trip down Twelfth Street -- The name of the game -- Singing the dozens -- Country dozens and dirty blues -- The literary dozens -- Studying the street -- The martial art of rhyming -- Around the world with your mother -- African roots -- Slipping across the color line -- Why do they (we) do that? -- Rapping, snapping, and battling.
African American wit and humor.
Invective
Dozens (Game)
African Americans
Rap (Music)
African Americans