In the late 1980s, gansta rap music emerged in urban America, giving voice to, & making money for, a social group widely believed to be in crisis: young, poor,

This volume, based on presentations at a 1998 state of the art conference at the University of Georgia, critically examines African American English (AAE) socia

A study of contemporary music in light of transformations to work and social life. The emergence of the popular music industry in the early twentieth century no

"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint."