It's not about a salary--
Subtitle: rap, race, and resistance in Los Angeles
By: Brian Cross.
Series: Haymarket series
Publisher: Verso
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Rap (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- History and criticism; Rap musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews; African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social life and customs
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Documents, interviews, photographs, & essays showing the historical roots of LA rap and its cultural connections to the heritage of the Hollywood jazz world, African American poetic traditions, graffiti, breakdance, hiphop and gangster rap. Much of this is described by the artists themselves.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discography: p. 332-335.