<p>Hip-hop is now a global multi-billion pound industry. It has spawned superstars all across the world. There have been tie-in clothing lines, TV stations, film companies, cosmetics lines. It even has its own sports, its own art style, its own dialect. It is an all-encompassing lifestyle. But where did it all begin? Who created it? How did it become such a phenomenon? Jeff Chang, an American journalist, has written the most comprehensive book on hip-hop to date. He introduces the major players who came up with the ideas that form the basic elements of the culture. He describes how it all began with social upheavals in Jamaica, the Bronx, the Black Belt of Long Island and South Central LA. He not only provides a history of the music, but a fascinating insight into the social background of young black America. Stretching from the early 70s through to the present day, this is the definitive history of hip-hop. It will be essential reading for all DJs, B-Boys, MCs and anyone with an interest in the history of America.</p>

Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

JEFF CHANG

History

Ebury

<p>Fall 2014, Survival: No care for the caregivers, no luck for the narcos. Should artists get paid? Check your privilege! David Samuels goes to the Grammys. Frank Guan reviews Tao Lin. New fiction from Akhtiorskaya and Zink.</p>

n+1 Issue 20: Survival

Michelle-Tea

Alejandro Almazán

Nell Zink

Yelena Akhtiorskaya

Kent Russell

Frank Guan

Jamie Martin

David, Samuels

n+1 Foundation

Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights America

St.Martin's Press

In these provocative, powerful essays, acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can't Stop Won't Stop, Who We Be) takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country. Through deep reporting with key activists and thinkers, passionately personal writing, and distinguished cultural criticism, We Gon' Be Alright links #BlackLivesMatter to #OscarsSoWhite, Ferguson to Washington, DC, the Great Migration to resurgent nativism. Chang explores the rise and fall of the idea of diversity, the roots of student protest, changing ideas about Asian Americanness, and the impact of a century of racial separation in housing. He argues that resegregation is the unexamined condition of our time, the undoing of which is key to moving the nation forward to racial justice and cultural equity.

We Gon' Be Alright

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Can't Stop Won't Stop : Une histoire de la génération hip-hop

Arts & Photography

ALLIA

Generación Hip-hop : de la guerra de pandillas y el grafiti al gangsta rap

Music

Editorial Caja Negra

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