"Hip Hop Underground, the first book-length ethnographic study of hip hop, takes the reader inside the world of hip hop culture in a way that no other book really has. Harrison clearly elucidates the relationship between hip hop culture, demographic change and ethnic/racial identities/relations, offering along the way one of the most masterful syntheses of existing hip hop literatures. Rigorous, yet highly engaging and enjoyable, it fills a significant gap in the literature."
-Andy Bennett, Professor in Cultural Sociology, Griffith University, Australia, and author of Popular Music and Youth Culture: Music, Identity and Place

Introduction: A Walk in the Park 
1. Race in America and Underground Hip Hop in the Bay 
2. Experiencing the Bay 
3. Claiming Hip Hop: Race and the Ethics of Underground Hip Hop Participation 
4. The Re- vision and Continued Salience of Race 
5. (Re)Mixed Messages 
Notes 
References 
Index