Westsiders: Stories Of The Boys In The Hood

Westsiders: Stories Of The Boys In The Hood by William Shaw


ISBN
9780747535294
Published
Released
01 / 04 / 2000
Binding
Paperback
Pages
394
Dimensions
146 x 207mm

Stories of the Boys in the Hood.

This is a book about the late 20th century history of the Southcentral community, and about why the music that came from there is so potent. The phenomenal success of Los Angelinos like NWA, Ice-T, Ice Cube, Coolio, Snoop, Dr Dre and Warren G. means that every block in Southcentral contains at least one young boy who wants to be a rapper, and who is struggling to be noticed.

'Westsiders' is a book about seven young men, all of whom are trying to make it in the rap business in Southcentral Los Angeles. It follows the changes in their musical and personal lives as they try and get shows, auditions, record demos and get ahead in an increasingly shark-filled market-place. A few have been, or are, gang members. Some have straight jobs, others are drug dealers. Some have stable backgrounds, others were raised by grandparents, aunts or single mothers. Some love gangsta rap with a passion, and want to keep faith with it; others want to move on to something more positive.

What they all share is the experience of growing up in a place that is far more violent than the one their parents grew up in, in which they have to navigate the loyalties of neighbourhood and friendship. All have lost close friends of relatives in the violence.
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