Gangsta e b-boy nella ‘Sarda Side’. Diatribe e reinterpretazioni nella scena hip hop sulcitana tra gli anni Novanta e i primi Duemila

Abstract

Between the 1980s and 1990s, hip hop culture spread across Italy, finding fertile ground in Sardinia, particularly in the Sulcis-Iglesiente area, in the island’s southwest. Starting with early imitations and the influence of Sa Razza, the mid-1990s marked a turning point, as the local scene began to polarize between b-boys, committed to the cultural roots of hip hop, and gangsta rappers, more focused on profit and self-celebration. Drawing on a historical-musicological approach and oral history interviews, this paper examines the tensions between these factions in South Sardinia’s hip
hop scene, analyzing key tracks, slang, and reinterpretation processes.