{"product_id":"gunshots-in-my-cook-up-bits-and-bites-from-a-hip-hop-caribbean-life-paperback","title":"Gunshots in My Cook-Up: Bits and Bites from a Hip-Hop Caribbean Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSelwyn Seyfu Hinds\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelwyn Seyfu Hinds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eaward-winning former editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Source\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epresents an extraordinary memoir\/history of hip-hop as seen through the eyes of one fan-turned-luminary.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe moment nine-year-old Hinds heard \"Rapper's Delight\" in Guyana, he embarked upon an amazing, if occasionally contentious, relationship with hip-hop--one that would continue through his migration to Brooklyn as a teenager and on through adult life. Here, he takes readers to a murky nightclub in the violent streets of late-eighties Brooklyn; to an Ivy League campus caught up in political rap during the early nineties; to a curbside in Los Angeles where Notorious B.I.G. has just been shot; to the achingly poor streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as a sea of black humanity surges to touch a hip-hop native son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterspersing recollections of life in the hip-hop trenches with profiles of figures like Lauryn Hill, Sean \"P. Diddy\" Combs, Dr. Dre, Wyclef Jean, and more, Hinds traces the heights and depths of his hip-hop love affair. Like the Guyanese rice dish \"cook-up,\" \u003ci\u003eGunshots in My Cook-Up\u003c\/i\u003e ingeniously pulls wide-ranging elements into an irresistibly cohesive dish.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelwyn Seyfu Hinds has written for \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, Spin, The Village Voice, Vibe, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. He has been the editor-in-chief for \u003ci\u003eThe Source\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, a hip hop and entertainment magazine. He is also a screenwriter, writing for the new adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e produced by Jordan Peele, and he was a writer and co-executive producer for the TV series, \u003ci\u003eWho Fears Death?\u003c\/i\u003e A graduate of Princeton University, he lives in Brooklyn, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.26 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53193210102067,"sku":"9780743451376","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/yw8gM00IGE9780743451376.webp?v=1775545250","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/gunshots-in-my-cook-up-bits-and-bites-from-a-hip-hop-caribbean-life-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}