Thug life
Subtitle: race, gender, and the meaning of hip-hop
By: Michael P. Jeffries.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226395845; 9780226395852
Subjects: Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States; Hip-hop -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: State of the hip-hop union; title: The meaning of hip-hop; title: From a cool complex to complex cool; title: Thug life and social death; title: The bridge : summary of chapters two and three; title: Hip-hop authenticity in black and white; title: Parental advisory : explicit lyrics; title: The last verse; title: Obama as hip-hop icon.