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- See also Wikipedia article: en:Boombox#Cultural significance.
The boombox quickly became associated with urban society, particularly black and Hispanic youth. The wide use of boomboxes in urban communities led to the boombox being coined a "ghetto blaster", a nickname which was soon used as part of a backlash against the boombox and hip hop culture. The character Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's drama film Do the Right Thing (1989) personifies the connotations associated with "ghetto blasters" and is a prominent example of the boombox's use by urban youth in American media.[1] Cities began banning boomboxes from public places, and they became less acceptable on city streets as time progressed.[2]
The boombox became intrinsically linked to hip hop culture and, as Fab Five Freddy puts it, was "instrumental" in the rise of hip hop.[3] Certain models like the JVC RC-M90 and the Sharp GF-777 were known as the boombox kings, having the power to drown out other ghetto blasters; they were frequently used in music battles.[4] The Beastie Boys embraced the boombox as a signature, The Clash always had a boombox with them, and Schoolly D carried around a Conion C-100F in the UK.[5]
— English Wikipedia article en:Boombox#Cultural significance
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- ↑ Peoples, Gabriel A. (2021). "Play (Loudly): The Racialized Erotics of Blacksound in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 42 (1): 109–140. DOI:10.1353/fro.2021.0008. ISSN 1536-0334.
- ↑ Boomboxes – The History of the Boombox. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 16, 2011.
- ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The History of the Boombox, NPR Music. YouTube. Retrieved on November 16, 2011.
- ↑ boomboxghettoblasters.com Archived 2015-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 24 January 2012)
- ↑ The Boombox Project. Sugar Barons (6 April 2011). Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved on 6 February 2012.
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