Rap & Hip-Hop books

With more than 175 wisecracks from America's highest pop culture power, The Little Guide to Snoop Dogg celebrates...  Read More >>

Black British Gospel Music is a dynamic and multifaceted musical practice, a diasporic river rooted in the experiences...  Read More >>

Interrogating Popular Music and the City examines the ways in which urban environments and music cultures intersect...  Read More >>

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Guerrilla Music explores bands, events, and musical and social movements to investigate the ways music acts as a...  Read More >>

An exploration of the much-derided English suburbs through rap music. An exploration of the much-derided English...  Read More >>

Leave a lasting impression on your ensemble and audience using this familiar Christmas tune with a twist. The harmony...  Read More >>

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Gritty City is a love letter to Winnipeg, a prairie metropolis born out of rebellion, a river city marooned in the...  Read More >>

Gritty City is a love letter to Winnipeg, a prairie metropolis born out of rebellion, a river city marooned in the...  Read More >>

""A comprehensive fifty-year history of the hip-hop genre""--  Read More >>

Cardi B: Hustle & Heart takes you on an electrifying journey through the remarkable rise of one of music's most...  Read More >>

For everyone who's looking for answers in all the wrong places, this is a book about self-empowerment, self-awareness,...  Read More >>

For everyone who's looking for answers in all the wrong places, this is a book about self-empowerment, self-awareness,...  Read More >>

Examining the work of influential artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Kanye West, Prince, D’Angelo,...  Read More >>

In the vast expanse of the rap universe, few stars shine as brightly and controversially as Drake. With his melodic...  Read More >>

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"Author Javier Smith explores the complex relationship between an artist's cultural identity and their place within...  Read More >>

This volume documents the collaborations between famed fashion designer Nigo and many recording artists (including...  Read More >>

An oral history on the early stages of Hip Hop in London.  Read More >>

Hip Hop is rewriting the rules of business; The Hip Hop MBA takes you on a guided tour of just how and what we can...  Read More >>

A collection of scholarly essays and personal responses that contextualizes Hamilton: An American Musical in various...  Read More >>

"""The Hip-Hop Edition"" from the WOMEN BEHIND THE MIC series contains the stories of 21 veteran executives who...  Read More >>

"""Explores the record smashing, critically adored, 2018 debut of Bronx rapper Cardi B, that kicked a Louboutin...  Read More >>

I present my written works as those which disturb the margins of socio-political power and hegemony, to dismantle...  Read More >>