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Original Gangstas : Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the Birth of West Coast Rap, Paperback / softback Book

Original Gangstas : Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the Birth of West Coast Rap Paperback / softback

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In the late 80s, a group of high school dropouts, drug dealers, and ex-cons spoke out against racial injustice and police brutality.

They did it through hip-hop. Their explosive popularity put their Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton on the map.

They gave a voice to disenfranchised African Americans across the country. And they quickly redefined pop culture across the world.

Their names remain as popular as ever--Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur. Music journalist Ben Westhoff shows how this group of artists shifted the balance of hip-hop from New York to Los Angeles.

He shows how N.W.A.'s shocking success lead to rivalries between members, record labels, and eventually an all-out war between East Coast and West Coast rappers.

In the process, hip-hop burst into mainstream America at a time of immense social change, and became the most dominant musical movement of the last thirty years.

At gangsta rap's peak, two of its biggest names--Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls--would be murdered, and the surviving superstars would have to make peace before their music collapsed in its own violence. Exhaustively reported and masterfully written, ORIGINAL GANGSTAS is a monumental work of music history that will offer news-making stories about a legendary group of artists, some living, some dead.

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