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.
A special issue of the Journal of African American History in the Summer of 2005 covered the history and influence of rap music.
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)
