At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be
available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open
Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org
to learn more. In the 1990s, Los Angeles was home to numerous
radical social and environmental eruptions. In the face of several
major earthquakes and floods, riots and economic insecurity, police
brutality and mass incarceration, some young black Angelenos turned
to holy hip hop-a movement merging Christianity and hip hop
culture-to "save" themselves and the city. Converting street
corners to airborne churches and gangsta rap beats into anthems of
praise, holy hip hoppers used gospel rap to navigate complicated
social and spiritual realities and to transform the Southland's
fractured terrains into musical Zions. Armed with beats, rhymes,
and bibles, they journeyed through black Lutheran congregations,
prison ministries, African churches, reggae dancehalls, hip hop
clubs, Nation of Islam meetings, and Black Lives Matter marches.
Zanfagna's fascinating ethnography provides a contemporary and
unique view of black LA, offering a much-needed perspective on how
music and religion intertwine in people's everyday experiences.
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