rap (music)

Discusses what attracts white youths to hip-hop, examines the ways youths who love hip-hop view race, argues that young people have moved beyond the racial politics of their elders, and reflects upon how the hip-hop generation may change America and the world in the areas of race and human rights in the future.

Collection of 150 rap lyrics from D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince to Queen Latifah.

Examines the representation of manhood in hip-hop culture and explores the related issues of race, gender violence and corporate explotation of hip-hop.

A collection of essays in interviews that explore the most prominent symbols of the hip-hop genre, discussing what they mean to the hip-hop community and how the genre's stars influence popular and teen culture.

Whether you're a beginner who's never spit a verse in your life, or a veteran trying to expand your lyrical mastery, Flocabulary gets your rhymes to the next level. From wordplay to punchlines, from metaphors to multi-syllable rhymes, The Rapper's Handbook covers all the crucial elements of freestyling, writing rhymes, and battling.

A collection of essays that examine controversies and conflicts that surround hip hop music and the influence it has on American culture.

Meet a 90's style Mother Goose who drives a pink cadillac and recites her rhymes in rap as she travels through Hip Hop Land.