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Other People's Property
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Other People's Property: A Shadow History of Hip-Hop in White America by Jason Tanz
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35 years old
BROOKLYN, New York
United States
Last Login: 10/8/2008
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"[A] thoughtful and often insightful work of long-form journalism.... Tanz solidly displays his strong grasp of the broad cultural significance of the rise of hip-hop."
-- Publishers Weekly
An eye-opening look at race and identity in our country today, Other People’s Property blends memoir, history, cultural analysis, and on-the-ground reportage to explore hip-hop’s decades-long journey through white America.
Ever since it first came barreling out of the South Bronx a quarter-century ago, hip-hop has been seen as a primarily black expression, a unique forum to discuss the hopes, dreams, fears, and trials of African American life. So it is ironic that hip-hop has grown to become our national soundtrack, bringing us a world in which Snoop Dogg shills for Chrysler and Three 6 Mafia’s paean to pimps wins an Academy Award. In his examination of hip-hop’s white audience, Jason Tanz--a hip-hop-loving white boy who grew up in the suburbs of the Pacific Northwest--sees a generation struggling with its identity and wrestling, often unsuccessfully, with the legacy of race.
Other People’s Property provides a one-of-a-kind look at how hip-hop is lived far from the inner cities that birthed and sustain it: from “nerdcore” rappers, who rhyme about Star Wars conventions and computer code; to a group of would-be gangstas in a neighborhood so insulated it’s nicknamed “the bubble”; to a break-dancing class at an upper-crusty dance academy in New Canaan, Connecticut; to a pop-rap station in melanin-challenged Green Bay, Wisconsin. Tanz interviews dozens of fans, artists, producers, and promoters, including some of hip-hop’s most legendary figures--Public Enemy’s Chuck D, white rapper MC Serch, and former Yo! MTV Raps host Fab 5 Freddy, among many others.
Drawing on his own experience as a white fan as well as his in-depth knowledge of hip-hop’s history, Jason Tanz gives us a hard-edged, thought- provoking, and humorous snapshot of the particularly American intersection of race, commerce, culture, and identity.
Available for pre-order at Amazon. For more information, check out jasontanz.com.
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