Music-Genres & Styles-Rap & Hip Hop

For fans of Hip Hop and music history, a celebration of the 39th Anniversary of the groundbreaking album, Black Sunday, in Deluxe Oversized Editon featuring exclusive art prints and protective slipcase. Z2 proudly presents a graphic novel celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Cypress...

This collection of in-depth interviews features hip-hop artists Elzhi, Quan, junclassic, O.C., Lord Finesse, Showbiz, Psycho Les, Craig G, Killah Priest, Reef the Lost Cauze, Ras Kass, Tonedeff, Ali Vegas, and Q-Unique. These interviews were conducted between 2016-2017. "I like my interviews to be...

TUPAC SHAKURSPIRITUALITY AND POLITICSBy William WhalenTupac Shakur (1971-1996) is one of the great hip-hop stars. Still a hugely influential figure in the music world, there is much more to Tupac Shakur than his controversial media image suggests. This new book aims to interpret and...

On August 11 1973 the first Hip Hop party was held in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx, NY. On that day a young man named DJ Kool Herc would become a legend. Many other individuals were instrumental in making...

Hip-Hop Within and Without the Academy explores why hip-hop has become such a meaningful musical genre for so many musicians, artists, and fans around the world. Through multiple interviews with hip-hop emcees, DJs, and turntablists, the authors explore how these artists learn and what...

A groundbreaking investigative account of the shocking rise and fall of the mogul who brought hip-hop to the mainstream, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at the music industry and the destructive power of celebrity If it wasn't for Sean "Diddy" Combs' ability to harness...

In his most personal work yet, Grammy Award-winning rapper 2 Chainz shares the spiritual journey behind his success, offering a raw, reflective, and deeply motivational meditation on the inner voice that's guided him his whole life: God. Before he was 2 Chainz, he was...

Never Caught a Case - DescriptionNever Caught a Case is a nonfiction memoir documenting lived experience navigating educational, workplace, and legal-adjacent systems in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, without becoming entangled in the criminal justice system. Written from a first-person perspective, the book examines how everyday rules,...

The culture of hip hop shifted dramatically soon after the first wave of studio-recorded vinyl releases at the turn of the 1980s. Drawing upon science fiction, ideas of fantasy, futurism, and sociocultural dynamics, this book presents a study of the impact and influence of...

My love of Hip Hop started at my Uncle Steven and Grandmother's House in Staten Island. Who would have known that it would turn into what it is today! Hip Hop has now become Universal, back then, no one ever knew we would rule...

Eternal Sunshine on Stage: Ariana Grande's 2026 Tour LegacyStep into the electric prelude of Ariana Grande's triumphant return to the live stage with this in-depth chronicle of The Eternal Sunshine Tour. From the intimate August 28, 2025, announcement that crashed servers and sparked global...

"Orbit: RAP Icons Volume 3" dives into the lives and legacies of hip-hop's most influential artists-DMX, Megan Thee Stallion, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Wayne. This graphic novel brings their journeys to life, from struggles and triumphs to chart-topping success. Witness DMX's raw intensity, Megan's...

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Hip Hop Pedagogy is the first reference work to cover the theory, history, research methodologies, and practice of Hip Hop pedagogy. Including 20 chapters from activist-oriented and community engaged scholars, the handbook provides perspectives and studies from across the world,...

This book explores the ideal of authenticity in hip-hop - what it is, why it is important, and how it affects the day-to-day life of rap artists. By analyzing the practices, identities, and struggles that shape the lives of rappers in the London scene,...

In the case of hip-hop, the forces of top-down corporatization and bottom-up globalization are inextricably woven. This volume takes the view that hip-hop should not be viewed with this dichotomous dynamic in mind and that this dynamic does not arise solely outside of the...

This book brings together the category of religion, Hip Hop cultural modalities and the demographic of youth. By using postmodern theory and critical approaches in the study of religion on Hip Hop cultural practices, the project examines how scholars in religious and theological studies...

My love of Hip Hop started at my Uncle Steven and Grandmother's House in Staten Island. Who would have known that it would turn into what it is today! Hip Hop has now become Universal, back then, no one ever knew we would rule...

Dive into the world of Snoop Dogg, the West Coast rapper who became hip-hop royalty. Widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists of all time, Snoop Dogg has been a musical and cultural legend for over thirty years. He is the...

Based on empirical research on hip-hop cultures, scenes, and artists in the Nordic countries, this book provides new perspectives on how hip-hop has been intertwined with wider societal and political contexts and discussions.Author: Susan LindholmISBN-10: 1032165014ISBN-13: 9781032165011Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2026Pages: 214Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.21h...

Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio and at raves. Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process...

Out of the ruins of the South Bronx disaster came an artistically rich and deeply influential street culture: hip hop. From the start, hip hop coalesced around its music. Revered everywhere for its sound, style, force, rawness, and honesty, hip hop/rap music is one...

Take a deep dive into legendary hip-hop group Run-DMC's groundbreaking album, Raising Hell, on its 40th anniversary with this handsome slipcased celebration. In 1985, Queens, New York-based rap group Run-DMC teamed with heavy metal producer Rick Rubin to record their breakthrough album and one...

Hip-hop and rap emerged as a powerful cultural response to systemic inequality, social displacement, and economic hardship. Rooted in artistic expression, storytelling, and resistance, hip-hop and rap became a means for marginalized voices to reclaim agency, shared lived experiences, and foster community identity. Their...

Underground rap is largely a subversive, grassroots, and revolutionary movement in underground hip-hop, tending to privilege creative freedom as well as progressive and liberating thoughts and actions. This book contends that many practitioners of underground rap have absorbed religious traditions and ideas, and implement,...

Thoroughly researched, thoroughly in tune with the culture, Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide profiles two dozen specific hip hop scenes across the United States, showing how each place shaped a singular identity. Through its unique geographic perspective, it captures the astonishing diversity...

A profound meditation on hip hop's transformative power, In the Hour of Chaos takes us deep into the mind of the genre's most unabashed revolutionary. This book is not an autobiography. It's not a manifesto. It's a razor-sharp investigation into hip hop and rap...

Arising from the street corners and underground clubs, Rebel Music: Resistance through Hip Hop and Punk, challenges standardized schooling and argues for equity, peace, and justice. Rebel Music is an important, one-of-a-kind book that takes readers through fun, radical, educational chapters examining Hip Hop...

This insightful analysis of the broad impact of hip-hop on popular culture examines the circulation of hip-hop through media, academia, business, law, and consumer culture to explain how hip-hop influences thought and action through our societal institutions. How has hip-hop influenced our culture beyond...

As a platform for communicating the issues of marginalized peoples, hip-hop remains a universal, relevant art form. Moreover, hip-hop culture's affirmation of liberation pedagogy has great potential not only to address many current issues in educational contexts, but also to create more egalitarian ambitions...

Christians and Christianity have been central to Hip Hop since its inception. This book explores the intersection of Christians and Hip Hop and the multiple outcomes of this intersection. It lays out the ways in which Christians and Hip Hop overlap and diverge. The...

Hip hop has long been a vehicle for protest in the United States, used by its primarily African American creators to address issues of prejudice, repression, and exclusion. But the music is now a worldwide phenomenon, and outside the United States it has been...

An in-depth exploration of Tyler, The Creator's evolution as an artist and cultural force, positioning his audiovisual productions as a watershed in American hip hop. Through close analysis of his music videos, lyrics, and performances-as rapper, producer and director-it examines how Tyler redefines race,...

"Tribute: DMX" is a gripping comic book biography that explores the tumultuous life and legendary career of rap icon DMX. From his troubled childhood in Yonkers, New York, to his rise to global fame, the comic delves into the raw emotions and struggles that...

Red Ink is What I Think - A Pulse-Pounding Urban Poetry Experience!Welcome to the rhythm of resilience. Red Ink is What I Think by Mikaela Kasiala is a bold, unfiltered urban poetry book that speaks directly to the soul of the streets. A powerful...

Race & authenticity in America is explored through the Bay Area's multiracial underground hip hop scene. Harrison shows how how various ethnic groups engage hip hop in divergent ways, as a means to both claim subcultural legitimacy & establish their racial authenticity.Author: Anthony Kwame...

Theorizing the experiences of Black and Brown bodies in Hip Hop danceShort Listed for the 2022 de la Torre Bueno(c) First Book AwardShort Listed for the 2022 Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance ResearchBaring Unbearable Sensualities brings together a bold methodology, an interdisciplinary...

As one of the most influential and popular genres of the last three decades, rap has cultivated a mainstream audience and become a multimillion-dollar industry by promoting highly visible and often controversial representations of blackness. Sounding Race in Rap Songs argues that rap music...

Jay-Z and Kanye West's 2011 Watch the Throne is a self-avowed "luxury rap" album centered on Eurocentric conceptions of nobility, artistry, and haute couture. Critical Excess performs a close reading of the sonic and social commentary on this album, examining how the album alternately...

"Richard Schur offers a provocative view of contemporary African American cultural politics and the relationship between African American cultural production and intellectual property law."---Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University"Whites used to own blacks. Now, they accomplish much the same thing by insisting that they 'own'...

Hip hop music has gone from being a marginalized genre in the late 1980s to the predominant style of music in America, the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, and other countries around the world. Hip Hop around the World includes more than 450 entries on...

The first history of Seattle hip hop--and hip hop's role in Seattle historyFrom the first rap battles in Seattle's Central District to the Grammy stage, hip hop has shaped urban life and the music scene of the Pacific Northwest for more than four decades....

How has the internet changed the way we listen to, and love, the music that shapes our lives? Award-winning musician Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) interrogates our current musical landscape. Ways of Listening is a love letter to music, a sharp analysis of our current...

Author: Tosin GbogiISBN-10: 0197782027ISBN-13: 9780197782026Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2025Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism presents a dynamic and much-needed fresh analysis of Black gendering and racialized sexualities in the sphere of Hip Hop. Editors Elaine B. Richardson, Gwendolyn D. Pough, and Treva B. Lindsey bring together established and rising scholars to...

A profound meditation on hip hop's transformative power, In the Hour of Chaos takes us deep into the mind of the genre's most unabashed revolutionary. This book is not an autobiography. It's not a manifesto. It's a razor-sharp investigation into hip hop and rap...

Epic in scope and personal recollection, The Music is Black is the story of British imperial and colonial histories, the African diaspora, and contemporary British social history put into song Black British music has been the soundtrack to periods of profound political, social, cultural,...

Author: Tosin GbogiISBN-10: 0197782035ISBN-13: 9780197782033Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2025Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.14w x 0.78d

Returning from poetry to music, this collection is a song by song breakdown of Micah Bournes' hip hop protest album, "Til We All Free." Examining and exploring each track on the album, Micah offers insights into what is behind each song. Times is heavy,...

What happens when Hip-Hop's African American origin story travels around the world and lands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada?Set amidst Toronto's increasingly inter-cultural communities, B-boy Jazzy Jester, MC LolaBunz, and DJ Ariel detail the trajectories of their artistic development, honoring Hip-Hop's translocated history while remixing...

Legends of Rap: 15 Masters of the Verse is a journey through the living history of a genre that has transformed music and culture for over five decades. This book doesn't seek to rank artists or crown idols, but rather to offer a close...