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  • Bleep! Censoring Rock and Rap Music by Lauchli, Andre
    Andre Lauchli

    Bleep! Censoring Rock and Rap Music

    Examining the various boundaries of American artistic tolerance, chapters address the societal and legal responses to rock and rap music. Artistic expression has historically clashed with mainstream views, resulting in apprehension acted upon internally and externally, especially when expression is aimed toward children or...
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  • Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World de la Soul Made by McCoy, Austin
    Austin McCoy

    Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World de la Soul Made

    Author: Austin McCoyISBN-10: 1668047942ISBN-13: 9781668047941Publisher: Atria/One Signal PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2026Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.99d
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  • Sonita: My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom by Alizada, Sonita
    Sonita Alizada

    Sonita: My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom

    Nearly 15 million girls, including many in the U.S., are forced into marriage each year. Each of these girls has a price tag--and a story. Sonita Alizada was almost sold twice. Her price tag was $9,000. The money her family received for selling her...
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  • Words 2 by Kayser, Brian
    Brian Kayser

    Words 2

    This collection of in-depth interviews features hip-hop legends Jaz-O, Inspectah Deck, Murs, Killah Priest, Big Sean, Large Professor, RZA, J. Cole, Poison Pen, Diamond D, O.C., Ron Browz, Agallah, J-Zone, and Cormega. These interviews were conducted between 2005-2016. "I like my interviews to be...
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  • Rap Music and the Poetics of Identity by Krims, Adam
    Adam Krims

    Rap Music and the Poetics of Identity

    This is the first book to discuss in detail how rap music is put together musically. Whereas a great deal of popular music scholarship dismisses music analysis as irrelevant or of limited value, the present book argues that it can be crucial to cultural...
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  • Hip-Hop Archives: The Politics and Poetics of Knowledge Production by Campbell, Mark V.
    Mark V. Campbell

    Hip-Hop Archives: The Politics and Poetics of Knowledge Production

    Explores multiple aspects of hip-hop archives in a global context, including methods of accumulation, curation, preservation, and digitization. This collection critically analyzes institutional power, geopolitical influences and the ideological implications associated with hip-hop culture's tensions with dominant social values. 16 b/w illus. New Books...
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  • On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland by Werth, Alex
    Alex Werth

    On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland

    How struggles over Black sound have shaped Oakland's culture, politics, and geography. Chicago has house. Detroit has techno. But Oakland slaps. On Loop explores the role of Black dance music and sonic politics in recurring struggles over race and space in Oakland, California. Insisting...
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  • Kool Keith: The Krossover Into the Flower Kosmic by Ryan, Seamus Esoteric
    Seamus Esoteric Ryan

    Kool Keith: The Krossover Into the Flower Kosmic

    Author: Seamus Esoteric RyanISBN-13: 9798886562033Publisher: Z2 ComicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2025Pages: 100Format: Hardcover
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  • The History of Hip Hop: Worldwide by Reese, Eric
    Eric Reese

    The History of Hip Hop: Worldwide

    The spray cans hissed. The turntables screamed. And suddenly, hip hop wasn't borrowed-it was reborn.This unflinching global tour smashes the myth of hip hop's "American-ness," exposing how Tokyo's B-boys, Lagos's rhyme assassins, and Marseille's graffiti guerrillas hijacked the culture and made it ferociously their...
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  • Da Baddest by Trina
    Trina

    Da Baddest

    The award-winning, platinum-selling rapper, songwriter, and television personality shares her "open and revealing account" (Neil Martinez-Belkin, New York Times bestselling author) of coming of age in Miami, her unstoppable ascent to music stardom, and her lasting impact as a legendary figure in the hip-hop...
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  • TheFreshFinds Magazine 2025 Vol.1 by Gilbert, Natalee
    Natalee Gilbert

    TheFreshFinds Magazine 2025 Vol.1

    TheFreshFinds Magazine is your go-to destination for discovering the hottest emerging talent in music, fashion, and culture. Dedicated to spotlighting rising artists, trendsetters, and creative innovators, we deliver in-depth interviews, exclusive features, and cutting-edge reviews that keep you ahead of the curve. Whether it's...
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  • These Are the Breaks! by Delgado, Lino
    Lino Delgado

    These Are the Breaks!

    Discover the extraordinary life of Lino "Lean Rock" Delgado-world-renowned DJ, international breaking champion, and acclaimed music producer-celebrated with official commendations by both the state of Massachusetts and the city of Boston in 2021.THESE ARE THE BREAKS! offers an intimate glimpse into the world of...
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  • Red Ink Is What I Think by Kasiala, Mikaela
    Mikaela Kasiala

    Red Ink Is What I Think

    Red Ink is What I Think - A Pulse-Pounding Urban Poetry Experience! Dive into Mikaela Kasiala's electrifying collection of urban poetry, where words dance to the rhythm of the streets. Blending sharp wordplay, powerful storytelling, and raw emotion, this book brings the energy of...
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  • The Chronicles of Doom: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast by Fernando, S. H.
    S. H. Fernando

    The Chronicles of Doom: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast

    A Variety best music book of 2024A FLOOD best music book of 2024A Clash best music book of 2024A Mother Jones best book of 2024 "In a career and life full of fictions, the truth--as this excellent, detailed biography makes clear--was often as mind-boggling...
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  • If My Life Were A Song: A Memoir by Jones, Isaac E.
    Isaac E. Jones

    If My Life Were A Song: A Memoir

    From the Appalachian foothills of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the turbulent streets of Watts, Los Angeles, If My Life Were A Song takes you on a gripping journey of survival, resilience, and redemption. This memoir delves into the life of a young boy growing up...
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  • If My Life Were A Song: A Memoir by Jones, Isaac E.
    Isaac E. Jones

    If My Life Were A Song: A Memoir

    From the Appalachian foothills of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the turbulent streets of Watts, Los Angeles, If My Life Were A Song takes you on a gripping journey of survival, resilience, and redemption. This memoir delves into the life of a young boy growing up...
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  • Sound of Silence by Ghnassia, Anthony
    Anthony Ghnassia

    Sound of Silence

    An unprecedented encounter with international music icons through the lens of photographer and director Anthony Ghnassia. For years, Ghnassia has turned his camera on world-renowned artists (David Guetta, Pharrell Williams, DJ Snake, Justice, PNL), accompanying them on tour. While audiences are dazzled by electrifying...
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  • Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap Crisis by Lewis, Heidi R.
    Heidi R. Lewis

    Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap Crisis

    In Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap "Crisis," author Heidi R. Lewis interrogates the ways Mumble Rap has been subjugated within real Hip Hop. Many critics claim mumble rappers are ignorant about Hip Hop history, disrespectful toward their Hip Hop elders, too...
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  • Islamic Themes in Us Hip-Hop Culture by Ackfeldt, Anders
    Anders Ackfeldt

    Islamic Themes in Us Hip-Hop Culture

    Islam has been a part of hip-hop culture since it sprang from New York's street culture in the 1970s. Today hip-hop has evolved into a truly global artform with a diversity of Muslim Islamic discourses expressed. Using tools from the field of social semiotics,...
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  • On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland by Werth, Alex
    Alex Werth

    On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland

    How struggles over Black sound have shaped Oakland's culture, politics, and geography. Chicago has house. Detroit has techno. But Oakland slaps. On Loop explores the role of Black dance music and sonic politics in recurring struggles over race and space in Oakland, California. Insisting...
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  • Clash of the Titans: 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule - Power, Pride, and the War That Changed Hip-Hop by Rhames, Jordan
    Jordan Rhames

    Clash of the Titans: 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule - Power, Pride, and the War That Changed Hip-Hop

    In the early 2000s, two men from Queens, New York turned a personal vendetta into the most infamous war in hip-hop history.Clash of the Titans: 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule - Power, Pride, and the War That Changed Hip-Hop dives into the story of...
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  • Cypress Hill: Black Sunday by Callahan-Bever, Noah
    Noah Callahan-Bever

    Cypress Hill: Black Sunday

    Author: Noah Callahan-Bever, Gabriel AlvarezISBN-13: 9798886561494Publisher: Z2 ComicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2025Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbs
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  • The City of Hip-Hop: New York City, the Bronx, and a Peace Meeting by Swift, Rob
    Rob Swift

    The City of Hip-Hop: New York City, the Bronx, and a Peace Meeting

    The City of Hip-Hop positions a unique conceptualization of the history of Hip-Hop, that it was a combination of forces that produced the environment for Hip-Hop to specifically grow in the geographies of New York City and its boroughs. This book argues it was...
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  • Gritty City: An Oral History of Winnipeg Hip-Hop Music: 1980-2005 by Webber, Nigel
    Nigel Webber

    Gritty City: An Oral History of Winnipeg Hip-Hop Music: 1980-2005

    Gritty City is a love letter to Winnipeg, a prairie metropolis born out of rebellion, a river city marooned in the middle of a continent. Maybe there is something in the water that makes us different... Gritty City is the first book to tackle...
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  • 50 Years of Hip-Hop Business by Cash, Ash
    Ash Cash

    50 Years of Hip-Hop Business

    In "50 Years of Hip-Hop Business: Reclaiming the Beat; The Journey from Exploitation to Empowerment," we embark on a captivating journey through the heart and soul of hip-hop, where rhythm, rhyme, and business acumen have converged to shape a multi-billion-dollar industry.This book delves into...
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  • Manifest Technique: Hip Hop, Empire, and Visionary Filipino American Culture Volume 1 by Villegas, Mark R.
    Mark R. Villegas

    Manifest Technique: Hip Hop, Empire, and Visionary Filipino American Culture Volume 1

    An obscured vanguard in hip hop Filipino Americans have been innovators and collaborators in hip hop since the culture's early days. But despite the success of artists like Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas and superstar producer Chad Hugo, the genre's significance in Filipino...
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  • I Was Slept On by Waller, Trashon Tray Plus
    Trashon Tray Plus Waller

    I Was Slept On

    I pray this book about my life inspires and motivates others to keep pushing. I was born and raised in Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County). While chasing my dreams in a small city I had to overcome a lot of obstacles. My vision was too...
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  • Diva: Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop by Halligan, Benjamin
    Benjamin Halligan

    Diva: Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop

    The diva - a central figure in the landscape of contemporary popular culture: gossip-generating, scandal-courting, paparazzi-stalked. And yet the diva is at the epicentre of creative endeavours that resonate with contemporary feminist ideas, kick back against diminished social expectations, boldly call-out casual sexism and...
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  • Sonita: My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom by Alizada, Sonita
    Sonita Alizada

    Sonita: My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom

    Nearly 15 million girls, including many in the U.S., are forced into marriage each year. Each of these girls has a price tag--and a story. Sonita Alizada was almost sold twice. Her price tag was $9,000. The money her family received for selling her...
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  • Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic by El Zein, Rayya
    Rayya El Zein

    Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic

    When asked what drew them to experimental Arabic-language rap, performers and fans shared a common refrain: various artists or tracks "filled their head" ('abba rasshom), offering relief from their dissatisfaction, cynicism, resignation, and disgust with contemporary politics and society. Based on ethnographic research in...
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  • Rayya El Zein

    Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic

    When asked what drew them to experimental Arabic-language rap, performers and fans shared a common refrain: various artists or tracks "filled their head" ('abba rasshom), offering relief from their dissatisfaction, cynicism, resignation, and disgust with contemporary politics and society. Based on ethnographic research in...
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  • African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior by Conyers, James L.
    James L. Conyers

    African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior

    Music is an expressive voice of a culture, often more so than literature. While jazz and rap are musical genres popular among people of numerous racial and social backgrounds, they are truly important historically for their representation of and impact upon African American culture...
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  • The Hip-Hop Underground and African American Culture: Beneath the Surface by Peterson, J.
    J. Peterson

    The Hip-Hop Underground and African American Culture: Beneath the Surface

    The underground is a multi-faceted concept in African American culture. Peterson uses Richard Wright, KRS-One, Thelonius Monk, and the tradition of the Underground Railroad to explore the manifestations and the attributes of the underground within the context of a more panoramic picture of African...
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  • Independent as F***: Underground Hip-Hop from 1995-2005 by Pedroche, Ben
    Ben Pedroche

    Independent as F***: Underground Hip-Hop from 1995-2005

    For a glorious ten-year period from 1995 to 2005, hip-hop music received a much-needed shot in the arm from a generation of determined and wildly creative rappers and producers. They rallied against the increasingly formulaic and shallow world of mainstream rap, as well as...
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  • Murder Dog The Covers Vol. 1 by Bone, Black Dog
    Black Dog Bone

    Murder Dog The Covers Vol. 1

    Over The Edge and Murder Dog have joined forces and we are re-purposing and releasing some of their amazing premium content. Murder Dog the number one Hip Hop publication for underground Hip Hop for over twenty years has a treasure trove full of Hip...
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  • Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur by Pearlman, Jeff
    Jeff Pearlman

    Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur

    New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman turns his sharp eye and meticulous storytelling to one of pop culture's most enduring and enigmatic figures--Tupac Shakur--presenting the definitive retelling of his life, complete with explosive new details. Scrutinized in life, mythologized in death, Tupac Shakur...
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  • Hip-Hop in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers by Clark, Msia Kibona
    Msia Kibona Clark

    Hip-Hop in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers

    Throughout Africa, artists use hip-hop both to describe their lives and to create shared spaces for uncensored social commentary, feminist challenges to patriarchy, and resistance against state institutions, while at the same time engaging with the global hip-hop community. In Hip-Hop in Africa, Msia...
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  • No Sense in Wishing: Essays by Burney, Lawrence
    Lawrence Burney

    No Sense in Wishing: Essays

    An essay collection from culture critic Lawrence Burney that is a personal and analytical look at his home city of Baltimore, music from throughout the global Black diaspora, and the traditions that raised him. For fans of Hanif Abdurraqib, Kiese Laymon, and Isaac Fitzgerald....
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  • Philosophy and Hip-Hop: Ruminations on Postmodern Cultural Form by Bailey, J.
    J. Bailey

    Philosophy and Hip-Hop: Ruminations on Postmodern Cultural Form

    This book opens up the philosophical life force that informs the construction of Hip-hop by turning the gaze of the philosopher upon those blind spots that exist within existing scholarship. This book illustrates the abundance of philosophical meaning in the textual and graphic elements...
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  • Drill Rap, Sex Work, and the Digital Underground: (Clout)Chasing on Chicago's Southside by Evans, Jabari M.
    Jabari M. Evans

    Drill Rap, Sex Work, and the Digital Underground: (Clout)Chasing on Chicago's Southside

    In this book, Jabari Evans examines Chicago's controversial Drill rap scene and the "always-on" nature of social media for these musicians, who are often tasked with maintaining constant connection across multiple platforms in order to both affirm their street authenticity locally and promote themselves...
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  • My Jams: Reflections on the Relationship Between Music and Religion by Pinn, Anthony B.
    Anthony B. Pinn

    My Jams: Reflections on the Relationship Between Music and Religion

    The intersection of religion and music offers opportunity for a profound exploration of meaning-making. Musical lyrics create a rich narrative that reflects not only personal experiences but also broader cultural, social, and spiritual realities. Over the years, Anthony Pinn has explored this intersection, shaped...
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  • The Evolution of Chinese Popular Music: Modernization and Globalization, 1927 to the Present by Cheng, Ya-Hui
    Ya-Hui Cheng

    The Evolution of Chinese Popular Music: Modernization and Globalization, 1927 to the Present

    Ya-Hui Cheng examines the emergence of popular music genres - jazz, rock, and hip-hop - in Chinese society, covering the social underpinnings that shaped the development of popular music in China and Taiwan, from imperialism to westernization and from modernization to globalization. The political...
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  • Rap Music and Street Consciousness by Keyes, Cheryl L.
    Cheryl L. Keyes

    Rap Music and Street Consciousness

    In this first musicological history of rap music, Cheryl L. Keyes traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of...
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  • Anthems: Community, Land, and Song by Love, Nancy S.
    Nancy S. Love

    Anthems: Community, Land, and Song

    Anthems are songs of loyalty and devotion with religious or quasi-religious meanings, typically associated with nation-states. Singing patriotic songs together encourages a sense of shared identity and unified community among citizens. Anthems compares traditional American anthems, such as "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the...
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  • What Do You Call It?: From Grass Roots to the Golden Era of UK Rap by Kane, David
    David Kane

    What Do You Call It?: From Grass Roots to the Golden Era of UK Rap

    In July 2019, eleven years after Jay-Z became the first hip-hop artist to headline Glastonbury, Stormzy became the first English rapper to follow suit. Wearing a customised stab-proof vest designed by Banksy, the South London rapper delivered an explosive performance and finished by thanking...
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  • American Rap Scenes: An Analysis of 25 Locations by Pope, Lavar
    Lavar Pope

    American Rap Scenes: An Analysis of 25 Locations

    American Rap Scenes examines the history and legacy of rap music in 25 American cities through factors of geography, migration, movements, music, and technology. Providing area-centered analysis of a culture many see as monolithic, Lavar Pope highlights the unique histories of rap and hip-hop...
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  • HowExpert Guide to Freestyle Rap: The Ultimate Handbook for Mastering Rhymes, Developing Flow, and Winning Rap Battles by Howexpert
    Howexpert

    HowExpert Guide to Freestyle Rap: The Ultimate Handbook for Mastering Rhymes, Developing Flow, and Winning Rap Battles

    Are you ready to take your freestyle rap skills to the next level? Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced rapper looking to refine your craft, HowExpert Guide to Freestyle Rap is your ultimate resource for mastering the art of improvised rapping. This...
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  • American Rap Scenes: An Analysis of 25 Locations by Pope, Lavar
    Lavar Pope

    American Rap Scenes: An Analysis of 25 Locations

    American Rap Scenes examines the history and legacy of rap music in 25 American cities through factors of geography, migration, movements, music, and technology. Providing area-centered analysis of a culture many see as monolithic, Lavar Pope highlights the unique histories of rap music and...
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  • Taco Hemingway's Jarmark by Rymajdo, Kamila
    Kamila Rymajdo

    Taco Hemingway's Jarmark

    Examining the cultural significance of the rap album Jarmark (2020) as a reflection of Polish politics and history during the country's populist turn and migration following EU enlargement. Taco Hemingway is the first Polish artist to be streamed a billion times on Spotify. His...
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  • Taco Hemingway's Jarmark by Rymajdo, Kamila
    Kamila Rymajdo

    Taco Hemingway's Jarmark

    Examining the cultural significance of the rap album Jarmark (2020) as a reflection of Polish politics and history during the country's populist turn and migration following EU enlargement. Taco Hemingway is the first Polish artist to be streamed a billion times on Spotify. His...
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