{"product_id":"9780743451376","title":"Gunshots in My Cook-Up","description":"Author: Selwyn Seyfu Hinds\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780743451376\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Atria Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Feb 2004\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelwyn Seyfu Hinds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eaward-winning former editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Source\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epresents an extraordinary memoir\/history of hip-hop as seen through the eyes of one fan-turned-luminary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n The moment nine-year-old Hinds heard \"Rapper's Delight\" in Guyana, he embarked upon an amazing, if occasionally contentious, relationship with hip-hop—one that would continue through his migration to Brooklyn as a teenager and on through adult life. Here, he takes readers to a murky nightclub in the violent streets of late-eighties Brooklyn; to an Ivy League campus caught up in political rap during the early nineties; to a curbside in Los Angeles where Notorious B.I.G. has just been shot; to the achingly poor streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as a sea of black humanity surges to touch a hip-hop native son.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Interspersing recollections of life in the hip-hop trenches with profiles of figures like Lauryn Hill, Sean \"P. Diddy\" Combs, Dr. Dre, Wyclef Jean, and more, Hinds traces the heights and depths of his hip-hop love affair. Like the Guyanese rice dish \"cook-up,\" \u003ci\u003eGunshots in My Cook-Up\u003c\/i\u003e ingeniously pulls wide-ranging elements into an irresistibly cohesive dish.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871674454174,"sku":"HPC-9780743451376","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780743451376.jpg?v=1779618942","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780743451376","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}