Suggested keywords: rap music, hip hop music, history, criticism, interpretation, African-American, music and race. Try searching by the name of the artist, as well.
Use the catalog to search for other books about rap and hip-hop using keywords such as rap music, hip hop music, influence, social aspects, African-American, popular music. To browse books about rap and hip hop, visit the ML 3531 range.
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Available in Special Collection on 3rd floor; non-circulating. You must read it in Special Collections or copy the pages needed).
Hip Hop America (available in Special Collections)
Let the World Listen Right: The Mississippi Delta Hip Hop Story
Spectacular Vernaculars: Hip-Hop and the Politics of Postmodernism (includes historical information)
That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader (available in Special Collections)
And It Don't Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years
Third Coast: OutKast, Timbaland, and How Hip Hop Became a Southern Thing
Is Hip-Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music
Click the titles below to find the call numbers for these print sources:
Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture
Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture (2 volumes; the first volume includes a timeline)