Rap & Hip-Hop

The City of Hip-Hop positions a unique conceptualization of the history of Hip-Hop, that it was a combination of forces that produced the environme...

Before Talib Kweli became a world-renowned hip-hop artist, he was a Brooklyn kid who liked to cut class, spit rhymes, and wander the streets of Gre...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platfo...

Although hip hop is now a well-established global music genre and cultural form, its history and current impact have not yet been sufficiently stud...

On December 31, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip-hop legend MF DOOM. Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave o...

The best-selling biography of Eminem - now fully updatedAn unflinching account of rapper Marshall Mathers' rise to fame from his native Detroit to ...

A celebration of 50 years of Hip Hops vibrant history, and its transformative influence not just on American music and culture, but across the worl...

Shes at the Controls gives a socio-historical examination of the roles of women studio professionals in the UK music industry. At the heart of the ...

The story of Snoops musical and spiritual journey to Jamaica, reaching its culmination during the recording of his most recent album and captured i...

Don Letts filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father has always defied conformity. A British-born son of Windru...