Ilustres Raperos

A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through the lens of sociology, economics, philosophy, and law by means of a back-and-forth exchange between the authors.

A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through the lens of sociology, economics, philosophy, and law by means of a back-and-forth exchange between the authors. En 1989 David Foster Wallace se traslado a Boston para cursar el posgrado en filosofia estetica de Harvard. Se mudo al apartamento de su antiguo companero de piso en la universidad, Mark Costello. Viviendo juntos descubrieron un interes comun por la entonces naciente musica rap, y DFW se aventura a escribir un ensayo en el que intenta desmenuzar el ADN cultural de este genero. Costello escribe pequenas replicas que luego extiende a ensayos completos, entrelazados con los de Wallace. El resultado sera 'Ilustres raperos', una especie de tratado que intenta encontrar el sentido del rap a partir de la sociologia, la economia, la filosofia, la ley y otras tantas disciplinas en las que los autores son solventes.