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

...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

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

...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

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

Guerrilla Music: Musicking as Resistance, Defiance, and Subversion provides a timely exploration of human initiations an......more

...more

America’s Original Gangsta. Snoop Doggy Dogg fired up the burgeoning U.S. rap scene in 1993 with his outstanding debut, ......more

...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

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

...more

"The volume is a collection of scholarly essays and personal responses that contextualizes Hamilton: An American Musical......more

This volume documents the collaborations between famed fashion designer Nigo(R) and many recording artists (including Ph......more

...more

The apex of critical praise and commercial success is a metric achieved by a select few. In 2020, Cardi B became synonym......more

On Ruben Slikk: An Manifesto on the Purpose of Art and the Value of Transgression is a philosophical and critical inquir......more

Egostrip Book 1 is a beautifully designed collection of Dan Lish’s stunning character illustrations from the world of hi......more

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Hip Hop Pedagogy is the first reference work to cover the theory, history, research methodolo......more

’50 years later, hip hop’s influence has never been stronger. This book is proof of that - a must have for collectors, a......more

WOMEN BEHIND THE MIC: Curators of The Culture Volume Two "The Hip-Hop Edition" Volume Two "The Hip-Hop Edition" from the......more

In Deathlife, Anthony B. Pinn analyzes hip hop to explore how Blackness serves as a framework for defining and guiding t......more

In Deathlife, Anthony B. Pinn analyzes hip hop to explore how Blackness serves as a framework for defining and guiding t......more

In "50 Years of Hip-Hop Business: Reclaiming the Beat; The Journey from Exploitation to Empowerment," we embark on a cap......more

If you want to understand the Black experience in the US, you have to understand hip-hop. James Baldwin, in his famous t......more

A study of rap in Egypt as a multi-layered form of expression This ethnographic study of the Egyptian underground hip-ho......more

We’re over 20 years deep into this Grime thing. A lot has happened. It went from a fresh new sound in London to a cultur......more

Where exactly does the South begin and end? Current maps are too rigid to account for the ways Black people have built t......more

This newly expanded and revised third edition brings together the most important and up-to-date hip-hop scholarship in o......more

This newly expanded and revised third edition brings together the most important and up-to-date hip-hop scholarship in o......more

Don’t Sweat the Technique equips aspiring performers with the tools and knowledge needed to become a better rapper. Writ......more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "One of hip-hop’s greatest MCs, unpacking his harrowing, remarkable journey in his own words......more

TUPAC SHAKUR SPIRITUALITY AND POLITICS By William Whalen Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) is one of the great hip-hop stars. Sti......more

In Old Town Road, Chris Molanphy considers Lil Nas X’s debut single as pop artifact, chart phenomenon, and cultural wate......more

In Old Town Road, Chris Molanphy considers Lil Nas X’s debut single as pop artifact, chart phenomenon, and cultural wate......more

Cultural criticism and pop culture history intertwine in this important book, which dissects how hip hop has sidelined B......more

...more

Explores multiple aspects of hip-hop archives in a global context, including methods of accumulation, curation, preserva......more

The authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a "touching, empathetic portrait" (The New York Times) o......more

Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree has been a global phenomenon and perennial bestseller since the first (of four) volumes ......more

The Western art music canon is a collection of musical works that are considered to be the most important and influentia......more

TUPAC SHAKUR SPIRITUALITY AND POLITICS By William Whalen Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) is one of the great hip-hop stars. Sti......more

This "first comprehensive anthology of the marriage between hip-hop and luxury fashion" (The Cut) draws on exclusive int......more

A cinematic narrative of glamour, grit, luxury, and luck, Fashion Killa draws on exclusive interviews with the leaders o......more

The diva - a central figure in the landscape of contemporary popular culture: gossip-generating, scandal-courting, papar......more

"From street corners to corner offices, mixtapes made a huge impact on the music industry and hip-hop culture in New Yor......more

Co-authored by Hip-Hop legend LL COOL J, acclaimed journalist Vikki Tobak and Rock The Bells’ editorial director Alec Ba......more

The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerfu......more

"Riding the Beats of the New Decade: The Hip Hop to Trap Voyage" *** Author of "Rapper’s Delight" essay currently archiv......more

"Trap Beats and Rhymes: The Explosive Emergence of Trap Music" *** Author of "Rapper’s Delight" essay currently archived......more

With pieces drawn from the extensive personal collection of Pharrell Williams, this is a stunning and unprecedented expl......more

"K for the Way" explores writing, rhetoric, and literacy from the perspective of the Hip Hop DJ. Todd Craig, a DJ himsel......more

"K for the Way" explores writing, rhetoric, and literacy from the perspective of the Hip Hop DJ. Todd Craig, a DJ himsel......more

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing......more

Celebrating Hip Hop Music with Poetry includes unique poems representing topics associated with the lovable culture, mak......more

Hip hop first became a part of the mainstream music industry in the early 1980s, but the true origins of one of the most......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

The Griot Tradition as Remixed through Hip Hop: Straight Outta Africa analyzes how Hip Hop, when seen through the lens o......more

Langston Collin Wilkins returns to the city where he grew up to illuminate the complex relationship between place, ident......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

What does sovereignty sound like? Sonic Sovereignty considers how contemporary Indigenous musicians champion self-determ......more

What does sovereignty sound like? Sonic Sovereignty considers how contemporary Indigenous musicians champion self-determ......more