The Words and Music of Ice Cube

by Gail Hilson Woldu

Ice Cube is one of the most influential figures in the history of rap and hip-hop. Best known for the vitriol of his angry black man recordings of the late 1980s and mid 1990s, Ice Cube epitomizes the genre often referred to as gangsta rap. Much of his music from these years is focused on the disturbing realities of life in black urban ghettos, and as a result it chronicles such complex and controversial issues as racial stereotypes, street gangs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275990435
• ISBN13: 9780275990435
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"