Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2024 April 4

= April 4 =

Southern California Rap of the 1980s info
There are many web-based catalogs of rather specific information. I cannot find one that goes into a lot of detail on rap music based in Southern California in the 1980s. I can find information on West Coast rap that became nationally popular, but I have been tasked with finding information on rap music that was regionally popular and did not reach national attention. I found two books, both requested for loan, but I wanted to get more information while I wait for the books to arrive. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 13:05, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I know little about US music journalism (being on a different continent), but were there regional music and/or entertainment and/or lifestyle journals/magazines covering Southern California in the 1980's? If so, are there archives of them?
 * Similarly, newspapers for the region will likely have had entertainment sections, and are likely archived somewhere, maybe in the California State Library or even the Library of Congress.
 * A librarian in your nearest major Public Library should be able to answer these questions and to obtain access and/or loans for you via Interlibrary loans. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 151.227.130.213 (talk) 20:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)