Download or read book Between God and Gangsta Rap written by Michael Eric Dyson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that the richness of black culture today can be found in the interstices between God and gangsta' rap, Dyson charts the progress and pain of African Americans over the past decade, and brings together writings on music, religion, politics, and identity to offer a multi-faceted view of black life.