rap (music)

Photographs and text provide an overview of the music, stars, clothes, contracts, and world of rap music. Includes a time line, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text explore the music, culture, and history of hip-hop; and discusses artists, fashion, rivalries, and other related topics.

Presents background on the origins of hip-hop music, and looks at the life of Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Recordings, one of the labels that helped popularize the genre, representing performers such as Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys, and LL Cool J.

Presents a brief history of the Hip-Hop sound, which began in the Bronx during the 1970s, and its growing popularity around the world.

A biography of rap artist Eminem.

A comprehensive reference work that focuses on three decades of Hip Hop culture describing its history, popular terms and phrases, and an analysis of fifty of the most influential Hip Hop songs.

Contains over twenty essays that offer varying perspectives on controversial issues related to rap music, such as if it is a significant American cultural music and if it harms women.

Profiles hip-hop artists and groups who made significant contributions to the music and culture of the genre, including Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys, Queen Latifah, and Public Enemy; and contains discographies and resources for each selection as well as a time line.

Traces the development of rap music from origins in the hip hop of the 1970s through various controversies to its widespread popularity in the 1990s.

A comprehensive history of the development of rhythm and blues, rap, and hip-hop in American popular music focusing on the songs, performances, and social issues of such artists as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King.