Gangsta: Merchandizing the Rhymes of Violence

By Ronin Ro

A collection of articles by freelance music reporter Ronin Ro, whose writing has appeared in Spin, Rolling Stone, The Source and Rap Pages, on the social ramifications of gangsta rap. Ro examines the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312143443
• ISBN13: 9780312143442
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Gangsta is an incredible book!

Ronin Ro's Gangsta is much better than Have Gun Will Travel. Ro's writing was more artistic, and had more feeling. He spent most of this book reflecting on the future of America and music and the nature of life and death. Portions of the book were heart-rending; some were hilarious; others were unbelievable. This book showed me where most of the rap-writing styles out there today came from. Ronin was at his best in this book.