| Description |
1 online resource (154 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Reinventions of Ice Cube; 1. The Cultural Politics of Gangsta Rap; 2. Plenty Attitude: The NWA Years, 19881990; 3. Early Solo Successes: 19901993; 4. Collaborations and a New Direction: 19941998; 5. Actor, Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Rapper: 19992007; Conclusion; Discography; Selected Filmography (19912007); Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Ice Cube is one of the most influential figures in the history of rap and hip-hop. Best known for the vitriol of his angry black man recordings of the late 1980s and mid 1990s, Ice Cube epitomizes the genre often referred to as gangsta rap. Much of his music from these years is focused on the disturbing realities of life in black urban ghettos, and as a result it chronicles such complex and controversial issues as racial stereotypes, street gangs, racial profiling, black on black crime, teen pregnancy, absentee fathers, and male-female relationships. His recordings with NWA are noteworthy for |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ice Cube (Musician)
|
| SUBJECT |
Ice Cube (Musician) fast |
| Subject |
Rap musicians -- United States -- Biography
|
|
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
|
|
Gangsta rap (Music) -- Social aspects
|
|
Motion picture actors and actresses
|
|
Rap musicians
|
|
United States
|
| Genre/Form |
Biographies
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780275990435 |
|
0275990435 |
|
