Hip Hop America - Softcover

George, Nelson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140280227 ISBN 13: 9780140280227

Publisher: Penguin, 2000

Synopsis

A fascinating, entertaining account of the history of hip hop music - from its roots in the late 1970's, to its emergence as the powerful cultural force it is today, influencing everything from movies to advertising, fashion to sports. George offers an insider's tour through this society-altering phenomenon, of which rap music is only the audible manifestation. The world of hip hop is one of drugs, fashion, incarceration, basketball, entrepreneurship, technology and language. Nelson examines hip hop as music, a style, a business, a myth, a moral code; and the reasons why it has, against all odds, held a steady grip on American popular culture for over 20 years.

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Review:

Clear-headed and objective... an immensely readable survey of rap and its wide cultural impact. ("Philadelphia Inquirer")

Synopsis:

This is an account of the history of hip hop music, from its roots in the late 1970s to its emergence as the cultural force it is today, influencing everything from films to advertising, fashion to sports. Nelson examines why it has held a steady grip on American popular culture for over 20 years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0140280227
• ISBN 13: 9780140280227
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240