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April 4

Southern California Rap of the 1980s info

There are many web-based catalogs of rather specific information. I cannot find one that goes into a lot of detail on rap music based in Southern California in the 1980s. I can find information on West Coast rap that became nationally popular, but I have been tasked with finding information on rap music that was regionally popular and did not reach national attention. I found two books, both requested for loan, but I wanted to get more information while I wait for the books to arrive. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 13:05, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I know little about US music journalism (being on a different continent), but were there regional music and/or entertainment and/or lifestyle journals/magazines covering Southern California in the 1980's? If so, are there archives of them?

Similarly, newspapers for the region will likely have had entertainment sections, and are likely archived somewhere, maybe in the California State Library or even the Library of Congress.

A librarian in your nearest major Public Library should be able to answer these questions and to obtain access and/or loans for you via Interlibrary loans. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 151.227.130.213 (talk) 20:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]