Binding: Paperback
Description: At publication date a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www. luminosoa. org to learn more. In the 1990s Los Angeles was home to numerous radical social and environmental eruptions. In the face of several major earthquakes and floods riots and economic insecurity police brutality and mass incarceration some young black Angelenos turned to holy hip hop - a movement merging Christianity and hip hop culture - to "save" themselves and the city. Converting street corners to airborne churches and gangsta rap beats into anthems of praise holy hip hoppers used gospel rap to navigate complicated social and spiritual realities and to transform the Southland's fractured terrains into musical Zions. Armed with beats rhymes and bibles they journeyed through black Lutheran congregations prison ministries African churches reggae dancehalls hip hop clubs Nation of Islam meetings and Black Lives Matter marches. Zanfagna's fascinating ethnography provides a contemporary and unique view of black L a offering a much - needed perspective on how music and religion intertwine in people's everyday experiences.
Title: Holy Hip Hop In The City Of Angels
Author(s): Zanfagna Christina
Publisher: University Of California Press
Barcode: 9780520296206
Pages: 218 Pages, 18 Color, 3 Maps
Publication Date: 8/29/2017
Series: Music of the African Diaspora
Category: Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects