hip-hop

Esme Rockett, also known as MC Ferocious, rocks her suburban Minnesota Christian high school with more than the hip-hop music she makes with best friends Marcy (DJ SheStorm) and Tess (The ConTessa) when she develops feelings for her co-MC, Rowie (MC Rohini).

Examines the underlying issues surrounding the controversies related to hip hop music, including violence, racism, sexism, gangs, and equality.

Presents a study guide to building SAT vocabulary skills, providing a collection of twelve hip-hop songs that use rhyme and music to help students remember vocabulary words. Includes audio CD.

Teaches several subjects in U.S. history, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Civil War, and the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, through original hip-hop song lyrics, also providing background and context for the topics covered; and includes a fourteen-track audio CD.

Explores the beginnings of hip-hop music and the major stars of the genre.

Describes the roots of rap and hip-hop and chronicles it through the years, discusses it as an art form and as a political forum, and depicts its more negative aspects. Includes color photos, a glossary, and a list of recommended listening.

Explores the various elements of hip-hop history and traces the development of this musical form over time. Features full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Explores the various elements of hip-hop culture and traces the development of this musical form over time. Features full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Examines the development and characteristics of hip-hop, describing its inspiration from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Jamaica, as well as its racial, multicultural, and multilingual influences.

Presents over forty poems of slam, hip-hop, Taos, Nuyorican, performance art, and other contemporary styles, featuring such authors as Sherman Alexie, Edward Hirsch, Viggo Mortensen, and Patricia Smith. Also includes performances on audio CD.