Nelson George – Hip Hop America

From the award-winning author of The Death of Rhythm and Blues comes Hip Hop America, the history of hip hop from its roots in the late 1970s to its emergence as the cultural force that today influences everything from movies to fashion, advertising to sports. It’s the story of a society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media — and it’s very big business.

Emerge Magazine
Hip Hop America will likely become the most authoriative text on a genre which has for so long been seen as Black America’s musical stepchild. If you are interested in rap, if you’re interested in Black business or just about anything concerning black culture in the past two decades, read this book. Thoroughly.

Laura Jamison
All in all… an invaluable, entertaining and well-written account from one who… has had a hand in shaping it…
— The New York Times Book Review   źródło opisu: Barnes&Noble źródło okładki: Barnes&Noble