From roadman to royalties: inter-representational value and the hypercapitalist impulses of grime

This paper explores how digital media can cause the representational value of rap artists to be transformed. Ubiquitous access to digital recording, production and distribution technologies grants rappers an unprecedented degree of representational autonomy, meaning they are able to integrate the st...

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Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Crime, media, culture
Jahr: 2022, Band: 18, Heft: 3, Seiten: 412-429
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