Summary

Chapter j is titled “hip-hop.” In numbers 259 through 268, the text explores the idea that art is, in many ways, built on a process of theft – that is, taking someone else’s ideas and presenting them as one’s own. The text offers the example of how disc jockeys in mid-20th Century Jamaica became famous re-mixing American rhythm and blues recordings, and how, when Jamaicans and this particular aspect of their culture migrated to America, this way of making music evolved into hip-hop.

In numbers 269 and 270, the text describes how both music and visual artists are making money and reputations for themselves by distributing their creations directly to fans, rather than through brokers or agents of the music business. Then, in numbers 271 through 274, the text returns to its considerations of how artists often take the work of other artists and make...