Gangster Rap and Its Social Cost: Exploiting Hip Hop and Using Ra ...

Copyright 2012 Benjamin P. Bowser

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bowser, Benjamin P.
     Gangster rap and its social cost : exploiting hip hop and using racial stereotypes to entertain America / Benjamin P. Bowser.
           p. cm.
     Includes bibliographical references and index
     ISBN 978-1-60497-800-1 (alk. paper)
1. Gangsta rap (Music)--Social aspects--United States.. I. Title.

     ML3918.R37B68 2012
     306.4'84249--dc23