Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2009 Selling the ghetto: rap music and entrepreneurialism Stuart Lucas Tully Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. SELLING THE GHETTO: RAP MUSIC AND ENTREPRENEURIALISM A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in The Department of History by Stuart Tully B.S. Mississippi College, 2006 December 2009 DEDICATION To Coach Carnell Washington, I learned from the best ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Throughout the writing of this thesis, I drew heavily upon the guidance and support of several people. Following God, I would like to thank my parents and family. To my father, for being a titan of editing, and my mother, for her grammatical expertise; they have been invaluable. Likewise, I must thank Maximus for his constant love and devotion, as well his ability to endlessly listen to my musings without question or a confused glance.