Hip Hop

Hip hop is a broad conglomerate of artistic forms that originated within a marginalized subculture in the South Bronx and Harlem in New York City among black and Latino youth during the 1970s.

The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981
Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop
My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
One Day It'll All Make Sense
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent)
The Psychological Covert War on Hip Hop: The Illuminati's takeover of Hip Hop
Talking 'Bout Your Mama: The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap
The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy
Game Over: My Love for Hip Hop
Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood
Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation
Donuts
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 2: 1981-1983
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
Decoded
The Tao of Wu
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why It Matters
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981
Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America
Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangEnter the 36 Chapters by Kevin McDormandThe Tao of Wu by The RZACan't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangBomb the Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt
My Favorite Hip-Hop Books
17 books — 2 voters
Hair for Mama by Kelly TinkhamMythic Adventures by Ayn Cates SullivanThe Broke Diaries by Angela NisselThe Wake of the Wind by J. California CooperThe Matter Is Life by J. California Cooper
Highly Favored
28 books — 8 voters

Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangIt's Bigger Than Hip Hop by M.K. Asante Jr.Freestyle For Life by Latif MercadoSix-Figure Musician - How to Sell More Music, Get More People... by David     HooperWidespread Panic in the Streets of Athens, Georgia by Gordon Lamb
MUSIC
115 books — 34 voters
Mr. Yay by Emily  JaneCan't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangThe History of Hip Hop by Eric ReeseGot the Flow by Carlos SalinasGangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah
Books about rap and hip-hop
8 books — 10 voters

Trick of the Spotlight by M.L. EastComeback by Lyn AshwoodRemember Tonight by Love JourneyLOVE LANGUAGE by Love JourneyI'll Be the One by Lyla Lee
KPOP JPOP CPOP Romance
37 books — 19 voters
The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac ShakurBig Freedia by Big FreediaDecoded by Jay-ZBook of Rhymes by Adam BradleyFor The Love by Kevin McDormand
The Definitive List of Hip-Hop Books
145 books — 43 voters


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