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Hip-hop Turns Fifty, from Multcolib

Hip-hop turns 50 in August. On Aug. 11, 1973, Clive Campbell, also known as DJ Kool Herc, played at a New York City block party and was credited with starting the music genre. Explore the history of hip-hop with these titles.

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  • The Come Up

    An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-hop

    Abrams, Jonathan P. D., 1984-
    BookNew York : Crown, an imprint of Random House, 2022. — 782.42164 A1615c 2022
  • God Save the Queens

    the Essential History of Women in Hip-hop

    Iandoli, Kathy,
    BookNew York : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2019] — 781 I117g 2019
  • Can't Stop, Won't Stop

    a History of the Hip-hop Generation

    Chang, Jeff,
    BookNew York : Picador : St. Martin's Press, [2005] — 782.421649 C456c 2005b
  • The teen edition of Chang's history.
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2021. — y 306.4 C45649c 2021
  • Hip-hop at the End of the World

    the Photography of Ernie Paniccioli

    Paniccioli, Ernie,
    BookNew York, NY : Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., [2018] — 779.9872 P192h 2018
  • The Motherlode

    100+ Women Who Made Hip-hop

    Hope, Clover
    eBookLibby ebook
  • Hip-hop (and Other Things)

    a Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

    Serrano, Shea,
    BookNew York : Twelve, 2021. — 782.42164 S4878h 2021
  • BookLondon : Thames & Hudson, 2018. — 782.42164 D623h 2018
  • Ode to Hip-hop

    50 Albums That Define 50 Years of Trailblazing Music

    Fitzgerald, Kiana,
    BookPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania : Running Press, 2023. — 782.42164 F5539o 2023
  • When the Beat Was Born

    DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

    Hill, Laban Carrick,
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013. — j Facts 782.421649 K828h 2013
  • Break Beats in the Bronx

    Rediscovering Hip-hop's Early Years

    Ewoodzie, Joseph C., Jr,
    BookChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] — 782.42164 E959b 2017
  • Contact High

    a Visual History of Hip-hop

    Tobak, Vikki,
    BookNew York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018] — 779.97824 T628c 2018
  • Bring That Beat Back

    How Sampling Built Hip-hop

    Patrin, Nate, 1977-
    BookMinneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2020] — 782.42164 P3147b 2020
  • An OutKast Reader

    Essays on Race, Gender, and the Postmodern South

    BookAthens : The University of Georgia Press, 2021. — 306.48424 O946 2021
  • Graphic NovelSeattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2016. — GN 782.42164 PISKOR 2016
  • Graphic NovelSeattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2015. — GN 782.42164 PISKOR 2015
  • Graphic NovelSeattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2014. — GN 782.42164 PISKOR 2014
  • Graphic NovelSeattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2013. — GN 782.42164 PISKOR 2013