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Jooyoung Lee on Blowin’ Up: Rap Dreams in South Central
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Jooyoung Lee on Blowin’ Up: Rap Dreams in South Central
In this episode, I talk to University of Toronto professor Jooyoung Lee [1], author of Blowin’ Up: Rap Dreams in South Central [2]. This conversation focuses on the book as well as Professor Lee’s experiences writing the book. For some context, set in South Central Los Angeles, Professor Lee worked in and around Project Blowed, an open mic venue that functioned as a kind of hub for a large underground hip-hop community in Los Angeles. For some vocabulary, “Blowin’ Up” refers to getting attention/ fame/ money/ recognition in wider society and a “Blowedian” is a member of Project Blowed. Our conversations covers topics from what it means to be an insider in ethnography, to Professor Lee’s experiences ‘defending the block’ from intruders with his dance skills [3].
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[1] http://www.sociology.utoronto.ca/people/Research_and_Teaching_Faculty/jooyounglee.htm
[2] http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo23290878.html
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtNw8A206fM
[4] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH124_Lee.mp3
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