The Man on High: Essays on Skateboarding, Hip-Hop, Poetry and the Notorious B.I.G.

by Jeff Alessandrelli

Literary Nonfiction. Art. Film. Music. Twenty years after the murder of The Notorious B.I.G., THE MAN ON HIGH melds the creative and the critical, and questions what legacy means in the 21st century. Contemplating Biggie through the lens of both skateboarding and poetry, Jeff Alessandrelli's THE MAN ON HIGH illuminates how The Notorious B.I.G. will always be rapping in the present tense.

"In an era where the imagination is bent on nostalgia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912477025
• ISBN13: 9781912477029
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Eyewear Publishing
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"