A Hip-Hop Syllabus

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Overview

A reading list to better understand the origins, evolution, social impact, regional diversity, and cultural significance of hip-hop.

Challenge Books

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Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

Hanif Abdurraqib

38

Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop by Ben Westhoff

Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop

Ben Westhoff

39

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

Dan Charnas

40

Know What I Mean? Reflections On Hip Hop by Michael Eric Dyson

Know What I Mean? Reflections On Hip Hop

Michael Eric Dyson

41

God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by Kathy Iandoli

God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop

Kathy Iandoli

42

The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Marcus J. Moore

The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America

Marcus J. Moore

43

Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap by Gerrick Kennedy

Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap

Gerrick Kennedy

44

The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are by Tariq Trotter

The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

Tariq Trotter

45

Jay-Z: Made in America by Michael Eric Dyson

Jay-Z: Made in America

Michael Eric Dyson

46

Promise That You Will Sing about Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar by Miles Marshall Lewis, Miles Marshall Lewis

Promise That You Will Sing about Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar

Miles Marshall Lewis, Miles Marshall Lewis

47

3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop's Multibillion-Dollar Rise by Zack O'Malley Greenburg

3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop's Multibillion-Dollar Rise

Zack O'Malley Greenburg

48

Chuck D. Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History by Chuck D

Chuck D. Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History

Chuck D