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Gangsta Rap

Gangsta Rap

by Benjamin Zephaniah

2004Rap (Music)GangsBlacksFictionInterpersonal relations
4.0
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

When teenage Ray and his two friends, Prem and Tyronne, form a successful rap band in the London's East End where they live, they soon find themselves embroiled in increasingly violent gang warfare.

Themes & subjects

Rap (Music)GangsBlacksFictionInterpersonal relationsChildren's fiction
First published 2004

Setting

England2000-2012

About the author

Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah

1958 – 2023

Author

Benjamin Zephaniah

First published

2004

Pages

332

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

7

Language

English

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

ISBN

9781408842546

Where to buy

TR
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