PB/‘This Is My Life’: Biography, Identity and Narrative in New Zealand Rap Songs

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How to Cite: Zemke-White, K. (2015). ‘This Is My Life’: Biography, Identity and Narrative in New Zealand Rap Songs. Perfect Beat, 8(3), 31-51. https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v8i3.28699

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In her essay on New Zealand hip-hop, Zemke-White focuses on the content of hip-hop lyrics as a way of showing biography, whether real or fictional. She elucidates themes inherent in New Zealand hip-hop that show clear tropes important to the localisation of a US and now global phenomenon.

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    Image
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  • file format
    jpg
  • file size
    79 KB
  • container title
    Perfect Beat
  • creator
    Kirsten Zemke-White
  • issn
    1836-0343 (Online)
  • issue
    8.3
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • rights holder
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v8i3.28699