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    Nik Cohn Triksta: Life and Death of New Orleans Rap

    A tantalizing study of a city, its music, and a way of life journeys inside the intense and violent world of New Orleans rap music to bring to life the evolution of the popular form of music, the people who make it, and the hidden culture that surrounds it.

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