Hip Hop America
Nelson George2005

Nelson George - "the most knowledgeable hip hop writer on the planet" (Rolling Stone) - gives a first person tour through the history of hip hop from its roots in the late 70s to its present standing as the cultural force that influences everything from movies to fashion, advertising to sports. George - himself a longtime music and cultural critic and a frequent player in hip hop's development - examines hip hop a a music, a style, a business, a myth, and a moral force. It's the story of society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media, a story that touches in the themes of drugs, incarceration, basketball, entrepreneurship, technology, and language - and it's all VERY big business.