{"product_id":"old-in-the-game-9780520417540","title":"Old in the Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first study of hip-hop and aging, featuring insights from over twenty hip-hop pioneers and veterans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHip-hop is now in its sixth decade. How are the culture’s oldest innovators aging in, and with, hip-hop? In In \u003ci\u003eOld in the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, Murray Forman examines how hip-hop artists, audiences, and entrepreneurs negotiate the cultural process of aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing commentary from hip-hop pioneers Grandmaster Caz, Grandwizzard Theodore, and Sha-Rock as well as veterans like Chuck D, LL Cool J, Ice-T, Pepa, and Yo-Yo, Forman reveals age as an essential component of identity and a mode of expression through which hip-hop–identified heads comprehend the world and present themselves. The book covers themes of generational difference and dissonance, ageism, memory and nostalgia, and retirement and death and offers a new way of understanding hip-hop as generations of hip-hop elders come of age, mature, and learn to grow old within the culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murray Forman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48547797795067,"sku":"9780520417540","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/old-in-the-game-9780520417540","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}