Hip-hop in Scotland: a footnote in the history of popular music?

Hook, Dave

Abstract

This chapter explores Scottish hip-hop’s contribution to Scotland’s musical, lyrical and cultural identity. Simultaneously global and local, hip-hop creates opportunities to witness the hybridisation of local culture with new global perspectives and means of expression. Misconceptions remain, however, around perceived conflicts between the ‘authentic’ expression of Scottish culture and that of hip-hop culture. These conflicts involve issues of post-colonialism, national identity, accent, dialect, vernacular and spaces for local voices. This chapter examines and evidences the ways that Scottish rappers chronicle, critique and create Scottish culture and society.

Citation

Hook, D. (2023). Hip-hop in Scotland: a footnote in the history of popular music?. In S. Frith, M. Cloonan, & J. Williamson (Eds.), Made in Scotland: Studies in popular music. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003247470-15

• Online Publication Date: Sep 29, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Apr 19, 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Book Title: Made in Scotland: Studies in popular music
• Chapter Number: 12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003247470-15
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2865324