TY - BOOK AU - Boakye,Jeffrey TI - Hold tight: black masculinity, millennials and the meaning of grime SN - 9781910312414 (pbk.) : AV - ML3540.5 .B6 2018 U1 - 781.648 BOA PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Influx Press KW - Electronica (Music) KW - Great Britain KW - History and criticism KW - Blacks KW - Music KW - Masculinity in music KW - ukslc N1 - Previous edition: 2017; Includes bibliographical references and discography N2 - Celebrating over 50 key songs that make up grime's DNA, Jeffrey Boakye explores the meaning of the music and why it has such resonance in the UK. He also examines the representation of masculinity in the music and the media that covers it. Both a loving critique of grime and an investigation into life as a black man in Britain today, this book is an electrifying and wonderfully confident debut from a music and culture critic with a very bright future ahead of him ER -