Richard Bramwell

Biography

He was awarded my PhD in Sociology by the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to joining Loughborough I was a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, where I conducted research on the experiences of black men in English high security prisons. My book, UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City, examines the aesthetic, cultural and commercial practices of black and white, working-class youths in London. Through a combination of ethnography and close textual analysis, this interdisciplinary study considers how young men and women use rap to accommodate themselves to their conditions of urban dwelling and investigates how they contest their marginalisation through their collaborative cultural work.

Research Interest

Areas of black British vernacular and popular cultures.