Nabeel Zuberi explores how popular music in the US and UK has mediated violence and racial conflict since 9/11. The text......more
A fearless, inspiring, and refreshingly candid memoir by the Grammy-award winning rapper, multi-platinum recording artis......more
An extremely rare and intimate look into the extraordinary life and death of legendary A$AP Mob founder A$AP Yams and th......more
A one-of-a-kind look at the business of hip-hop, showing just how today’s most successful musical genre has come to infl......more
The first book about De La Soul, High and Rising is a stunning cultural biography of the era-defining hip-hop trio that ......more
Create your own blueprint for creativity in the pages of this journal pulsing with the style and flavor of hip-hop’s bea......more
Bedroom Rapper is a book for obsessive music fans who are looking for the definitive take on what’s happened in the last......more
The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immo......more
FLOSS is a monographic series of retrospective portraits photographed by Roger Erickson on urban fashion, Hip Hop and Ro......more
The award-winning, platinum selling rapper, songwriter, and television personality shares her unforgettable story of com......more
Analyses how Black music and culture framed how we passed the time in the first 18 months of the pandemic. During the CO......more
New York Times bestselling author of Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth, returns with another firsthand account of trailblaz......more
The late hip-hop pioneer, seminal graffiti writer, and iconoclast contemporary artist Rammellzee--a legend in his own ti......more
This "first comprehensive anthology of the marriage between hip-hop and luxury fashion" (The Cut) draws on exclusive int......more
UPDATED 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Offering an intimate and indispensable window onto the gifted and impassioned, yet vuln......more
An exploration of the much-derided English suburbs through rap music. There are many different Englands. From the much-r......more
From pirate radio to Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, journalist and rapper Franklyn Addo pens an extraordinary narrative of......more
TUPAC SHAKUR SPIRITUALITY AND POLITICS By William Whalen Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) is one of the great hip-hop stars. Sti......more
Guerrilla Music: Musicking as Resistance, Defiance, and Subversion provides a timely exploration of human initiations an......more
America’s Original Gangsta. Snoop Doggy Dogg fired up the burgeoning U.S. rap scene in 1993 with his outstanding debut, ......more
This is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-......more
Sonic Rebellions combines theory and practice to consider contemporary uses of sound in the context of politics, philoso......more
Sonic Rebellions combines theory and practice to consider contemporary uses of sound in the context of politics, philoso......more
Having failed at rapping, what’s next for an endlessly passionate rap nerd? In this sequel to acclaimed memoir Wiggaz Wi......more
Authorized personally by Afeni Shakur and the estate, 2PAC in the Studio features exclusive interviews with Johnny J (hi......more
Authorized personally by Afeni Shakur and the estate, 2PAC in the Studio features exclusive interviews with Johnny J (hi......more
"The volume is a collection of scholarly essays and personal responses that contextualizes Hamilton: An American Musical......more
A fearless, inspiring, and refreshingly candid memoir by the Grammy-award winning rapper, multi-platinum recording artis......more
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Hip Hop Pedagogy is the first reference work to cover the theory, history, research methodolo......more
In Old Town Road, Chris Molanphy considers Lil Nas X’s debut single as pop artifact, chart phenomenon, and cultural wate......more
Explores multiple aspects of hip-hop archives in a global context, including methods of accumulation, curation, preserva......more
Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree has been a global phenomenon and perennial bestseller since the first (of four) volumes ......more
A cinematic narrative of glamour, grit, luxury, and luck, Fashion Killa draws on exclusive interviews with the leaders o......more
This fun and challenging game offers hip-hop listeners 200 questions to test their knowledge of the genre! Set includes:......more
"K for the Way" explores writing, rhetoric, and literacy from the perspective of the Hip Hop DJ. Todd Craig, a DJ himsel......more
The success of the Hip-Hop album The Calling (2003) by the Hilltop Hoods was a major event on the timeline of Hip-Hop in......more
Langston Collin Wilkins returns to the city where he grew up to illuminate the complex relationship between place, ident......more
The untold story of how breaking - one of the most widely practiced dance forms in the world today - began as a distinct......more
You might not know his name--but you’ve heard his work. Dante Ross, raised by political activists on New York’s pregentr......more
In the mid-90s, a Japanese prog rock star, an American visual artist, and their small team of collaborators made a color......more
Casual listeners and die-hard purists, test your hip-hop knowledge in this 300-card trivia spinoff from the live game sh......more
A book with over 23,000 of rare or hard to find music. Created for easier searches....more
’Groundbreaking... Part memoir, part guide, this is a must-have.’ Independent ’A worthwhile tutorial.’ Evening Standard ......more
Trip-hop described some of the 1990s’ best music, and it was one of the decade’s most revealing bad ideas. The music its......more
Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Fat Joe pulls back the curtain on his ......more
"Author, adjunct professor of sociology, and former therapist, Shanita Hubbard disrupts the ’ride or die’ complex, and a......more
Notions of hip hop authenticity, as expressed both within hip hop communities and in the larger American culture, rely o......more
Notions of hip hop authenticity, as expressed both within hip hop communities and in the larger American culture, rely o......more
This definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled a......more
A modern epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta rap--a masterful, street-level story of art, mon......more
From one of rap’s most evocative writers comes a stirring memoir and "masterpiece of a book" (Snoop Dogg) about how Boos......more
Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling and astonishing memoir of his early life robbing je......more
Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling memoir of his early life robbing jewelry stores unt......more
True Life detailed story of the life of one of Hip-Hops favorite artist, BIG PUN and his little sister Nicole detailing ......more
Her Word is Bond recounts the triumphs and setbacks of a rap legend who blazed a new trail for women in hip hop....more
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This book engages with the overlap of black experience, hip-hop music, ethics, and feminism to focus on a subsection kno......more
This book engages with the overlap of black experience, hip-hop music, ethics, and feminism to focus on a subsection kno......more
WINNER OF THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This book is a must for everyone......more
A NEW YORKER & GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A love letter to the verbal artistry of hip-hop, What’s Good is a wo......more
The gospel according to hip hop. Yeah, that’s a thing. Christian ideas often show up in hip hop music. Biblical themes a......more
What these brilliant wordsmiths really do . . . is nothing short of reinventing the multiplicity of mother tongues in wh......more
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"The masterful art of chess, Kung-fu sword play, and the sweet science of boxing are all hip-hop expressions that connec......more
A treat for all hip-hop fans! It’s high time to recognize the artists who gave hip-hop its backbone--and color them in! ......more
Take a break from hustling - and start puzzling! What better way to spend your free time than to piece together your fav......more
Theorizing the experiences of Black and Brown bodies in Hip Hop dance Baring Unbearable Sensualities brings together a b......more
Theorizing the experiences of Black and Brown bodies in Hip Hop dance Baring Unbearable Sensualities brings together a b......more
Listen to Hip Hop! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of hip-hop music for scholars and fans of the genre, w......more
The instant New York Times bestseller and "inspiring and vulnerable" (Trevor Noah) memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplat......more
Festivals is a must-have guide to the world’s best and most memorable music festivals - a list of all those you need to ......more