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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.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Hip Hop"

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
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Hip Hop Books

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
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
The Tao of Wu
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
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Lists

A Company of Swans by Eva IbbotsonThe Melting Season by Celeste ConwayRoom 555 by Cristy WatsonBunheads by Sophie FlackLeap by Jodi Lundgren
SYTYCD
16 books — 11 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
146 books — 45 voters

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom RobbinsWaltz With Evil by P.D. RozziBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa MohamedHula by Lisa SheaBallet Master by Cassie Mint
Types of Dance - Titles
159 books — 12 voters
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

Talking Back by bell hooksBuck by M.K. AsanteIt's Bigger Than Hip Hop by M.K. Asante Jr.The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoNo Disrespect by Sister Souljah
#KweliClub
49 books — 6 voters
Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangEgo Trip's Book of Rap Lists by Sacha JenkinsThe Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac ShakurBomb the Suburbs by William Upski WimsattDecoded by Jay-Z
Hip Hop History & Currency
152 books — 72 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Hip Hop”

LaDarrion Williams
“ America got 99 problems, but the truth ain't one.... ...more ”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root
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Laura Goode
“ This one is for our crew, but it’s also for all the weird girls and word nerds, for all the in-the-middle wickeds and queers and misfits and hell-raisers. ”
― Laura Goode, Sister Mischief
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How The Cultural Impact of Kanye West Came Into Being
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Conversation with Wiz Khalifa, Action Bronson, the Game and more!
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