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The Roots of Rap is a Junior Library Guild book. [5] Kirkus Reviews and the New York Public Library named it among the best picture books of 2019, [6] [7] and the Chicago Public Library named it among the year's Best Informational Books for Younger Readers. [8] Booklist also included it on their 2019 list of the "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth". [9]
QBoy (born Marcos Jose Brito on 10 October 1978) is a UK-based rapper, producer, DJ, writer and presenter.He is one of the original few out rappers in hip hop circa 2001 that became pioneers of the new subgenre colloquially known as "homo hop".
In 2008 Hiding in Hip Hop was published by Atria, a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster. [2] Contrary to its marketing, the book does not name real-life hip-hop artists, but rather contains blind items: allegedly gay rappers are assigned pseudonyms. [1]
Decoded is the autobiography and memoir of rapper Jay-Z, published by Random House and released November 16, 2010 on hardcover and November 1, 2011 on paperback. [1] The book combines lyrics, their explanations, anecdotes, reflections, and autobiographical information.
Jason Reynolds (born December 6, 1983) is an American author of novels and poetry for young adult and middle grade audiences. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in neighboring Oxon Hill, Maryland, Reynolds found inspiration in rap and had an early focus on poetry, publishing several poetry collections before his first novel in 2014, When I Was the Greatest, which won the John Steptoe Award ...
In the book Rap-Up: The Ultimate Guide to Hip-Hop and R&B, Cameron and Devin Lazerine say Big Daddy Kane is "widely seen as one of the best lyricists of his time and even today regularly gets name-checked by younger dudes", [32] and music journalist Peter Shapiro says Kane is "perhaps the most complete MC ever". [24]
Diddy's 50th birthday party was one for the ages. The rap mogul celebrated a half century with a star-studded party at his Beverly Hills mansion on Saturday night, with an A-list roster of guests ...
On the Come Up, published on February 5, 2019, by Balzer + Bray, is a young adult novel by Angie Thomas.It tells the story of Bri, a sixteen-year old rapper hoping to fill the shoes of her father and "make it" as an underground hip-hop legend.