Amid the historic overturnings of 1989, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, pop music also experienced striking changes. Conjuring cultural sensations and events of 1989, this title tracks the emergence of seemingly disconnected phenomena - from grunge to acid house to gangsta rap.

Hip hop superstar and Grammy-winning recording artist Kanye West collaborates with Oscar nominated film animator and graphic artist Bill Plympton to offer his insatiable fan base an illustrated book of 15 hit song lyrics.

No one symbolised the violence at the heart of gangsta rap more than Tupac, and he ultimately fell victim to that violence, gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September 13th 1996. This raw no-holds-barred account discloses new information, including exclusive photo evidence about the unsolved murder of Tupac: the failed investigation, the rap wars, the killing of Biggie Smalls, ...

In this title, Anthony Bozza gets up close and personal with one of the world's biggest selling male solo artists.

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Collects lyrics from the popular rap artist's two albums and includes his commentary on the origin of each song.

Emerging from a poor stereotypically white-trash childhood in Detroit, Eminem turned anger into an art form and shot to global notoriety. This vengeful hip-hop devotee has written two multi-platinum bestselling albums of surreally inventive, vicious, scattergun brilliance and become the world's premier rapper and an icon for disaffected teenagers everywhere. Along the way, though, he's been ...

A unique collection of images from Hip Hop culture as it emerged in the early '80s.

Story behind this record label and Suge Knight's rise to power.

Explores a key hip hop album marking the cross over point where the streets and the charts collided.

Hip Hop dominates CD sales.

A guide to the key recordings in the rap and hip-hop genres is comprised of informative reviews of top artists, biographies, essays, and music maps that trace the history of hip-hop from its urban soul origins to its emergence in mainstream culture. Original.

This is a graphic novel about a crossover rap superstar, and a story which aims to be both as profound and profane as the man himself.

An illustrated and intimate autobiographical book - in Tupac's own words - on his life, his influences and his rise to legendary status.

Talks about Josh Davis's (DJ Shadow) early years in California, the friends and mentors who helped him along the way, his relationship with Mo'Wax and James Lavelle, and the genesis and creation of his masterpiece, Endtroducing (released in 1996). This book includes several long conversations with him.

An analysis of the language and culture of Project Blowed, a legendary hiphop workshop based in Los Angeles.

Features seven young men, who are trying to make it in the rap business. This work follows the changes in their musical and personal lives as they try and get shows, auditions, record demos. What they all share is the experience of growing up in a place that is far more violent than the one their parents grew up in.

Offers an access to Public Enemy , conducting interviews with Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Professor Griff, and the Shocklee brothers who form part of their legacy.

Under the leadership of Kevin Liles, Def Jam Music grew into a multi-million-dollar brand. Including anecdotes from Lile's life, this work advises readers on: how to find something that you want badly enough to make you work harder than you every imagined possible; how to strategize and look ahead; how to embrace the hard-knock life; and more.

Serves as a history of rap music. This book traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifestyle and culture.