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POLICING THE BEATS: BLACK MUSIC, RACISM AND CRIMINAL INJUSTICE by Lambros Fatsis

POLICING THE BEATS: BLACK MUSIC, RACISM AND CRIMINAL INJUSTICE by Lambros Fatsis

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130 x 198mm, 328 pages, Black white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2026 The emergence of UK drill music made headline news, portraying it as a criminal enterprise instead of recognising it as an art form. This new rap subgenre, however, is neither the first nor the only Black music to be targeted this way. Policing the beats rewinds the tape to demonstrate how music has been used as an instrument for policing Black people, from the era of colonial slavery to the present day, revealing the racist legal processes that make crimes out of rhymes. This original and readable book offers the fir

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