04263oam 22008654a 450 991021986580332120230621135730.00-520-96879-410.1525/9780520968790(CKB)3800000000216122(DE-B1597)539711(DE-B1597)9780520968790(OCoLC)1085413562(MdBmJHUP)muse72973(ScCtBLL)6013f22a-0df3-47ad-8a56-22819822fb14(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26343(EXLCZ)99380000000021612220170607h20172017 uy 0engurm|#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHoly Hip Hop in the City of AngelsChristina ZanfagnaUniversity of California Press2017Oakland, California :University of California Press,2017.©20171 online resource (206 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Music of the african diaspora ;19Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis: University of California, Los Angeles 2010, published with title Holy hip hop in the City of Angels : music, urban space, and the politics of conversion.0-520-29620-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188), discography, and index. and index.Introduction: Earthquake music and the politics of conversion -- "Now I bang for Christ": rites/rights of passage -- Hip hop church L.A.: shifting grounds in Inglewood -- Beyond Babylon: geographies of conversion -- The evangelical hustle: selling music, saving souls -- Roads to Zion: hip hop's search for the city yet to come -- Epilogue: Aftershocks."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 LA, offering a much-needed perspective on how music and religion intertwine in people's everyday experiences."--Provided by publisher.Music of the African diaspora ;19.Rap (Music)CaliforniaLos AngelesHistory and criticismRap (Music)Religious aspectsChristianityElectronic books. 1990s.african american culture.anthems of praise.beats.bibles.black lives matter.black los angeles.christianity.churches.earthquakes.economic insecurity.environmental eruption.ethnomusicology.floods.gangsta rap.gospel rap.hip hop culture.hip hop.los angeles.lutheran.music.musical philosophy and social aspects.rap music.rhymes.riots.southland.spiritual realities.Rap (Music)History and criticism.Rap (Music)Religious aspectsChristianity.306.4/842490979494Zanfagna Christina1980-925015MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910219865803321Holy hip hop in the City of Angels2076150UNINA