Crack Music: Representations of the Drugs Trade in New York Hip-Hop

This thesis offers the first in-depth analysis of Hip-Hop lyrics from New York that discuss the drugs trade. I argue throughout, that Hip-Hop lyrics constitute a discourse of “Black vernacular neoliberalism,” and examine the ways in which performers narrativize the trade in illegal drugs and simulta...

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Main Author: Duncan, Andrew
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/77336/