24 Bars to KillHip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan’s Social Margins, 1st Edition eBook

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The most clearly identifiable and popular form of Japanese hip-hop, “ghetto” or “gangsta” music has much in common with its corresponding American subgenres, including its portrayal of life on the margins, confrontational style, and aspirational “rags-to-riches” narratives. Contrary to depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, gangsta J-hop gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill offers a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it, showing how gangsta hip-hop arises from widespread dissatisfaction and malaise.

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24 Bars to Kill: Hip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan’s Social Margins 1st Edition is written by Andrew B. Armstrong and published by Berghahn Books. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for 24 Bars to Kill are 9781789202687, 178920268X and the print ISBNs are 9781789202670, 1789202671.