What Is Hip Hop?

Author: Eric Morse; Nelson George (Contribution by)

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  • : $24.99 AUD
  • : 9781617755842
  • : Akashic Books
  • : Black Sheep
  • : August 2017
  • : 24.99
  • : February 2017
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  • : Eric Morse; Nelson George (Contribution by)
  • : Hardback
  • : Anny Yi
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Barcode 9781617755842
9781617755842

Description

This follow-up to the acclaimed What Is Punk? offers a playful guided tour of one of the most revolutionary pop culture movements of the 20th century and profiles such artists as Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, and Biggie and Tupac. Full color. 8 x 8.

Author description

Eric Morse is a writer and father of four living outside of New York City. He was the founder and editor of Trampoline House online magazine, and a music industry marketing executive. When he's not listening to old hip-hop records, he's listening to new hip-hop MP3s. Eric is also the author of What Is Punk? Anny Yi is an artist from Los Angeles, California. She makes clay-art dioramas and stop-motion films inspired by fashion and music. Anny Yi is the illustrator of What Is Punk? and What Is Hip-Hop? Nelson George ("producer" of this book) is an author, filmmaker, and life-long resident of Brooklyn, New York. His novels include The Accidental Hunter, The Plot Against Hip Hop, The Lost Treasures of R&B, and the forthcoming To Funk and Die in LA (all part of the D Hunter series). Among his many nonfiction works are The Death of Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop America, and The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style. As a filmmaker he's directed the documentaries A Ballerina's Tale, starring Misty Copeland, Brooklyn Boheme for Revolt, The Announcement for ESPN, and Finding the Funk for VH1, and serves as supervising producer for Baz Luhrmann's Netflix series The Get Down.