Tyler, The Creator's Hip Hop Revolution

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Transmedia Journeys Beyond Gangsta

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Gustavo Souza Marques, USA) Marques, Dr. Gustavo Souza (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Carol Vernallis, Lisa Perrott, Holly Rogers

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An in-depth exploration of Tyler, The Creator’s evolution as an artist and cultural force, positioning his audiovisual productions as a watershed in American hip hop. Through close analysis of his music videos, lyrics, and performances—as rapper, producer and director—it examines how Tyler redefines race, gender and identity in contemporary Black expression. Engaging postcolonial theory and critical race studies, the book draws on the work of Frantz Fanon to unpack music videos like “Yonkers,” “Buffalo,” “Find Your Wings” and “Sorry, Not Sorry” alongside original ethnographic research in Los Angeles. Featuring a conversation with Luis “Panch” Perez, director of photography for many of Tyler’s videos, Tyler, The Creator’s Hip Hop Revolution illuminates one of the most visionary and subversive figures in the current music landscape.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-02-05
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9798765124130

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Musiker, sångare och grupper inom Kultur
Musikvetenskap inom Kultur
Etnicitet inom Samhalle och politik

Gustavo Souza Marques (aka Gusmão) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Musicology at the University of Michigan, USA. An ethnomusicologist, drummer and beatmaker, he combines academic research with artistic practice. Previously a Postdoctoral Fellow with the international CIPHER project, Dr. Marques combined scholarship and hip hop music production through collaborations across the Americas, including with iconic Mexican rapper MC Luka. He is now expanding this research further throughout the region.

In this, the first major study of Tyler, the Creator, Gustavo Souza Marques analyzes this game-changing artist in all his complexity—as post-gangsta provocateur, first-gen digital native, shapeshifting iconoclast, anti-racist activist, and self-proclaimed “walking paradox.” Far from avoiding Tyler’s contradictions, Souza Marques places them at the center of his masterful theorization. Moving effortlessly between musicology, media analysis, ethnography, critical race and gender theory, and postcolonial studies, Souza Marques offers rich and provocative insights into a figure that is central to understanding contemporary music and media in the Twenty-First century.