num_pages: 335
description: This photo-essay coupled with oral histories provides a map of the contemporary hip-hop nation in Los Angeles. Bracketed by introductory essays on the history and production of the music and a glossary the book aims to engage with the citys rap scene on its own terms with interviews and images documenting its movements and influences its leaders and up-and-comers. From its beginnings Los Angeles has been a site of multiple voices disputes and injustices. The history of rap in this city sets out to tell these stories providing a voice first for African Americans then through hip-hop for many others. Artists interviewed Roy Porter; The Watts Prophets; Gill Scott Heron; Ice T.; Nefertiti; Ice Cube; DJ Quik; and Eazy E.
language: English
title: It's Not about a Salary... Rap, Race, and Resistance in Los Angeles
publisher: Verso