Rap musicians - United States
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Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius
$16.99 Add to cartOn the heels of Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize, as the world begins to recognize the creative side of Hip-Hop, comes a writing guide from a musician and “The greatest MC of all time,” Rakim.
The music
- Author: Rakim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0062850245
- Language: English
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From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga
$21.99 Add to cartThis definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled access to members of the group and their associates.
This is the definitive biogra
- Author: Fernando, S. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 0306874431
- Language: English
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Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
$17.99 Add to cart“You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet. His musical knowledge, for all practical purposes, is limitless.” –Robert Christgau
A punch-drunk memoi- Author: Thompson, Ahmir Questlove
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1455501379
- Language: English
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When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
$19.99 Add to cartA John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner
Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Br- Series: Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award for New Talent
- Author: Hill, Laban Carrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 1596435402
- Language: English
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Chronicles of the Juice Man: A Memoir
$29.99 Add to cartA memoir by the Oscar-winning, platinum-selling rapper and producer for fans of Rick Ross’s Hurricanes and The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
The hustle still continues for hip-hop OG Juicy J as he shares… [more below]
- Author: J, Juicy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 5, 2023
- ISBN10: 1335005285
- Language: English
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Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
$27.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
For the first time, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback–from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable’s highest-paid executive–in this
- Author: Jackson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 28, 2020
- ISBN10: 006295380X
- Language: English
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Will
$30.00 Add to cartThe instant #1 New York Times bestseller!
“It’s the best memoir I’ve ever read.” —Oprah Winfrey “Will Smith isn’t holding back in his bravely inspiring new memoir . . . An ultimately heartwarming rea- Author: Smith, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: 9-Nov-21
- ISBN10: 1984877925
- Language: English
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Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest
$16.95 Add to cartA New York Times Best Seller
2019 National Book Award Longlist, Nonfiction
2019 Kirkus Book Prize Finalist, Nonfiction
A February IndieNext Pick
Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by Buzzfeed, N- Series: American Music
- Author: Abdurraqib, Hanif
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1477316485
- Language: English
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LL Cool J Presents the Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness
$55.00 Add to cartCo-authored by Hip-Hop legend LL COOL J, acclaimed journalist Vikki Tobak and Rock The Bells’ editorial director Alec Banks, this momentous volume celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the influentia… [more below]
- Author: LL Cool J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0847873161
- Language: English
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The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
$26.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “One of hip-hop’s greatest MCs, unpacking his harrowing, remarkable journey in his own words, with enough insights for two lifetimes.”–Lin-Manuel Miranda, award-winning so
- Author: Trotter, Tariq
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593446925
- Language: English
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Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography
$35.00 Add to cartThe authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a “touching, empathetic portrait” (The New York Times) of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwri
- Author: Robinson, Staci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1524761044
- Language: English
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Beastie Boys Book
$50.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself–by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler,
- Author: Diamond, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 590
- Publish Date: October 30, 2018
- ISBN10: 0812995546
- Language: English
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It’s All in Your Head
$23.99 Add to cartInstant National Bestseller Wall Street Journal bestseller; USA Today bestseller; Publishers Weekly bestseller; international bestseller.
An inspirational book by self-made musical superstar, Russ, re
- Author: Russ
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0062962434
- Language: English
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Decoded
$50.00 Add to cartDecoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful a… [more below]
- Author: Jay-Z
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 16 2010
- ISBN10: 1400068924
- Language: English
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It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him
$28.00 Read moreCulture journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is “a deeply reported saga of the ephemeral, yet colorful, life of The Notorious B.I.G.” (USA Today).
The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most c- Author: Tinsley, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 10, 2022
- ISBN10: 1419750313
- Language: English
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Jay-Z: Made in America
$27.00 Read moreNOW A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLER
“Dyson writes with the affection of a fan but the rigor of an academic. … Using extensive passages from Jay-Z’s lyrics, ‘Made in Ame- Author: Dyson, Michael Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1250230969
- Language: English
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Holler if You Hear Me
$30.07 Add to cartAcclaimed for his writings on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as his passionate defense of black youth culture, Michael Eric Dyson has emerged as the leading African American intellectu
- Author: Dyson, Michael Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05, 2006
- ISBN10: 0465017282
- Language: English
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Lil Wayne (an Unauthorized Biography)
$20.00 Add to cartLIL WAYNE (An Unauthorized Biography) an in-depth – tell all about the making and building of Cash Money Records, Southern rap and the biggest rap superstar in the universe who served a prison term at
- Author: Brown, Jake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: June 15, 2011
- ISBN10: 0982492235
- Language: English
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My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy
$20.00 Add to cartFrom one of the greatest rappers of all time, the memoir of a life cut short, a revealing look at the dark side of hip hop’s Golden Era…
In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb D- Author: Johnson, Albert Prodigy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07 2012
- ISBN10: 1439103194
- Language: English
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Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood
$20.00 Add to cartHe’s a hip-hop icon credited with single-handedly creating gangsta rap. Television viewers know him as Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on the top-rated drama Law & Order: SVU. But where the hype and th
- Author: Ice-T
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 24, 2012
- ISBN10: 0345523296
- Language: English
