Filipinos Represent: DJs, Racial Authenticity, and the Hip-hop Nation

Index

AAVE (African American Vernacular English), 70 African Americans: diaspora in the Americas, 8; musical and dance traditions , 26, 27. See also blackness African American youth, 2, 23, 26, 51 Afrika Bambaataa (hip-hop DJ), 4, 5, 31, 54 Alim, H. Samy, 20, 96 Anderson, Benedict, 95 Apollo (hip-hop DJ), 71 audience appeal. See crowd appeal Austin, Joe, 24 authenticity and hip-hop, xx, 10, 49, 89, 109n14; blackness and, xiv, xx– xxii, 1–3, 8–9, 18, 30, 63, 94, 96 (see also blackness); cultural and performative claims, xv, 14–15, 21, 27, 29–31, 49–50, 51, 52–54 (see also authenticating strategies); gender claims, 76–77, 86 authenticating strategies, 50–51, 73; being true to principles of hip-hop, 52–54; experience narratives, 51–52 Ball, Jared A., 91–92 “Barrio, El” (barrios), 22 Bay Area DJ culture, 29–30, 33, 52, 110n51. See also study participants b-boy competitions, 90–91; national and transnational interaction, 91–94 b-boying/b-boy dance style, 19; b-boy culture, 90, 93; b-boys, 41, 89, 90; crews, 6, 26, 27, 32, 41, 90–92; influencing hip-hop, 21. See also Planet B-Boy beat juggling, 82, 103n1 Beat Junkies (Filipino DJ crew), 32 b-girl/b-girling, 27, 41, 51, 65 black nationalism, 97–98 blackness: AAL (African American language ), 18–21, 96–97; authenticity in hip-hop and, xiv, xx–xxii, 1–3, 8–9, 18, 30, 63, 94, 96; black MCing, 18, 21, 97; desi (Indian/South Asian) identification with, 13–14; racial marking, iii, xiv, xv, xxi, 2–3, 9, 13– 14, 21, 90, 94, 96 body work, 3 border crossings, xiv–xv breakdancing (“breaking”), 26–28; African and Caribbean genealogies, 27 Brewster, Bill, and Frank Broughton, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, 28 Castleman, Craig, Subway Graffiti in New York, 22 Celskiii (DJ and study participant): background leading to DJing, 35, 37, 119 Index Unless otherwise noted, topics refer to U.S.-based Filipinos. Notes are listed as n or ns for a single or multiple notes on a page. 38, 40, 44, 46, 47; experiences and beliefs as a performer, 62, 63, 65, 112n52; relationship with her parents , 77–80 Chang, Jeff, 22; Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, 26 Cheney, Charise L., 97–98 Chinese American hip-hoppers, 53 Chonin, Neva, 31 COCO 144 (writer), 23 Condry, Ian, Hip-hop Japan, 107n33 Crazy 5 (graffiti group), 25 Crisell, Luke, Phil White, and Rob Principe, On the Record, 28–29 crowd appeal, 42, 45, 83; taking control, 37, 42, 65 cultural belonging, 101 cultural capital, 70, 72–73 cultural legitimacy and claims to hiphop . See authenticity and hip-hop cultural politics, 60–63, 114n34, 115n10. See also gender politics of hip-hop culture of hip-hop: entry into, 36–43; masculinist aspects (see gender politics of hip-hop); mobile DJ scene, 20, 33, 38–39, 42, 43, 44–45; nonAfrican contributions, 30–31; racialization of, 17, 28 (see also blackness); significance to larger culture, 1–2; as a uniting force, 28–29 (see also utopian visions of hip-hop); viewed as an Afro-diaspora form, 28–29 See also DJ culture; mobile DJ scene Currid, Brian, 55 Cut Chemist (hip-hop DJ), 101 de Leon, Lakandiwa M., 20–21, 108n9 Decker, Jeffrey Louis, 89, 97 decolonization, 100 Deeandroid (hip-hop DJ and study participant ), 34, 39, 41, 47, 82 desi (Indian–South Asian) performers, 13–14 deterritorialized identities, 17. See also diaspora Devitt, Rachel, 32, 95 diaspora: African diaspora in the Americas , 8, 9, 11; deterritorialized identities , 17; diaspora studies, xiii, xvii; gendered accounts, xvii, 81. See also Filipino diaspora diasporic formations, xi, xii, xx, xxii discourse on hip-hop: post-racial discourse, 59–60; racialized aspects, xii–xiii, 49, 61. See also racial discourse; utopian visions of hip-hop DJ culture, 31–32; Bay Area, 29, 33, 52; exclusion of Filipino DJs, 73; gendered space, xii, xxii, 33, 66; racialized aspects, xx, xxi, 17, 28– 29; racially neutral aspects, 30–31; status hierarchy, 66. See also Filipino DJs; turntablism DJing: an element of hip-hop, 21–29; music creation potential, 37. See also Filipino DJs; study participants DJs, xvii, 46–48; female DJs, 20, 22, 74–79; generations of, 32; income, 45–46; names, 43. See also Filipino DJs Dominguez, Virginia R., xv, 61 DOSE (Divas of Style Entertainment) (all-female DJ crew), 85–86 Dwyer, Owen J., 4, 106n8 Dynamic Rockers (b-boy crew), 26, 27 Electric...