Voice from Rikers: Spirituality in Hip Hop Artist Lil' Wayne's Prison Blog
: While incarcerated on Rikers Island, Grammy award-winning rapper Lil' Wayne posted letters to a blog to maintain contact with fans. The blog entries and comments from fans express gratitude, positivity, encouragement, and a pervasive sense of spirituality and religiousness. This paper conside...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2012]
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| Dans: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
Année: 2012, Volume: 24, Numéro: 1, Pages: 15-28 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Rap
B Blog B Hip Hop B Lil’ Wayne, spirituality |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Résumé: | : While incarcerated on Rikers Island, Grammy award-winning rapper Lil' Wayne posted letters to a blog to maintain contact with fans. The blog entries and comments from fans express gratitude, positivity, encouragement, and a pervasive sense of spirituality and religiousness. This paper considers the content of Lil' Wayne's letters from Rikers, together with posted comments to the blog, in the context of spiritual communication and participatory media. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.24.1.15 |
