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How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. Seventeen years after their last album, they resurrected themselves with an intense, socially conscious record, We Got It from Here . . . Thank You 4 Your Service, which arrived when fans needed it most, in the aftermath of the 2016 election. Poet...
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Hanover Square Press
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"Rick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know his full story. Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic and unexpectedly candid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adolescence and his dramatic ascendancy in the world of hip-hop. Born William Leonard Roberts II, Ross grew up 'across the bridge,' in a Miami at odds with the glitzy beaches, nightclubs and yachts of South Beach. In the aftermath...
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On the heels of Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize, as the world begins to recognize the creative side of Hip-Hop, comes a writing guide from a musician and "The greatest MC of all time," Rakim.
The musician and Hip Hop legend—hailed as "the greatest MC of all time" and compared to Thelonious Monk—reimagines the writing handbook in this memoir and guide that incorporates the soulful genius, confidence, and creativity
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Overlook Omnibus
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[2015]
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English
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Kanye West is undoubtedly one of pop culture's most divisive and fascinating characters. Alongside his multimillion selling albums, Kanye has also launched record labels and clothing lines and in the process, become one of the most respected, creative and influential artists in music today.
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Spiegel & Grau
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[2018]
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English
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Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys followed a path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of the band. Adam "ADROCK" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond reveal their transition from teenage punks to budding rappers through their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of their albums; and more. The band has had an inescapable and indelible influence...
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Simon & Schuster
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2021.
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English
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"A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and -- with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education -- he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and...
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Rock Lit 101
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2022.
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English
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"Fat Joe is a hip-hop legend, but this is not a tale of celebrity; it is the story of Joseph Cartagena, a kid who came of age in the South Bronx during its darkest years of drugs, violence, and abandonment, and how he navigated that traumatizing landscape until he found-through art, friendship, luck, and will-a rocky path to a different life. Joe was born into a sprawling Puerto Rican and Cuban family in the projects of the South Bronx. From infancy...
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Da Capo Press, an imprint of Hachette Books
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2019.
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English
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The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Whatever You Say I Am, chronicling the last 20 years of rapper Eminem's life, based on new, exclusive interviews with the artist, his friends, family, and associates. In 1999, a former dishwasher from Detroit became the most significant, controversial, and polarizing musical artist in the world. He was a fish out of water, a white artist creating viable art in a black medium, telling stories with such verbal...
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Hanover Square Press
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2023.
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English
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The hustle still continues for hip-hop OG Juicy J as he shares his invaluable story as an unwavering force in the music industry. Jordan Houston's rise to stardom was never easy. He began his journey on the streets of Memphis in the '80s, always inspired by music and with big dreams of becoming a superstar rapper. Jordan stuck to his plan with determination, on a never-ending grind to greatness. From a young, poor, ambitious kid to an Academy Award-winning...
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HarperEntertainment
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2003.
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English
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The dark journey of a boy who became a man, the man who became an artist, and the artist who became an icon. A talent for rhyme saved his life, but the demons and sins of his past continue to haunt him. This is the story of Earl Simmons. Ever always real life.
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2019.
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JAY-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric Dyson's decade of teaching the work of one of the greatest poets this nation has produced, as gifted a wordsmith as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Rita Dove. But as a rapper, he's sometimes not given the credit he deserves for just how great an artist he's been for so long. This book wrestles with the biggest themes of JAY-Z's career, including hustling, and it recognizes the way that he's always...
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Gallery Books
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2022.
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English
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"From one of rap's most personal and evocative writers comes a memoir in the vein of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane about how Boosie Badazz, one of the industry's most controversial figures, was able to overcome insurmountable odds--including a murder indictment, kidney cancer, and a diabetes diagnosis--to make his musical dreams a reality"--
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Hachette Books
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2020.
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English
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"A compelling biography of SoundCloud sensation, XXXTENTACION. At the age of 20, rapper Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy-aka XXXTENTACION-was gunned down during an attempted robbery on the streets of Deerfield Beach, FL, mere months after signing a $10 million record deal with Empire Music. A rising star in the world of SoundCloud rap, XXXTENTACION achieved stellar levels of success without the benefit of a major label or radio airtime, and flourished via his...
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Crown
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2023.
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English
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"The first and only Estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more. Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated...
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Hachette Books
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2021.
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English
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This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one of the most influential groups in modern music hip hop or otherwise WTC created a rap dynasty on the strength of seven gold and platinum albums that launched the careers of such famous rappers as RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and more. During the 90s, they ushered in a hip-hop renaissance, rescuing rap from...
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Dey St. an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
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©2014.
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English
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A biography written by a member of the hip-hop superstar's inner circle chronicles Ol' Dirty Bastard's rise to fame with the Wu-Tang Clan, his legendary antics, struggles with fame and success, and death at age thirty-five from a drug overdose.
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Reservoir Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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"Todo lo que querías saber sobre la icónica banda neoyorkina. Fundada en Nueva York en 1981, Beastie Boys se abrió paso hasta llegar a lo más alto del hip hop. Este monumental libro revela por primera vez su historia, en palabras de la banda. Horovitz y Diamond nos ofrecen una multitud de relatos hilarantes sobre los cambios de estilo del grupo, sus colaboraciones o la creación de su álbum debut, que se convirtió en el primer disco de hip hop...
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