Nairobi Hip Hop Flow: Diasporic Blackness and Embodied Performance in the Underground

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RaShelle R. Peck

Nairobi Hip Hop Flow

Diasporic Blackness and Embodied Performance in the Underground

RaShelle R. Peck

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University of California Press
15 April 2025

Theory of music & musicology; Rap & Hip-Hop; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

Series: California Series in Hip Hop Studies

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Nairobi Hip Hop Flow combines ethnographic methods, political history, and music and performance analysis to illustrate the richness of hip hop's embodied performance practices. RaShelle R. Peck examines how hip hop artists in Nairobi's underground rap culture engage with political seriousness in lyrics and sound by fostering a creative playfulness using bodily movement. This unprecedented study shows how Nairobi artists circulate diasporic blackness while at the same time indigenizing hip hop music to interrogate Kenya's sociopolitical landscape.

By: RaShelle R. Peck
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780520386488
ISBN 10: 0520386485
Series: California Series in Hip Hop Studies
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 15 April 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

RaShelle R. Peck is Assistant Professor of Ethnic and Race Studies at Borough of Manhattan Community College.