Don’t Stop: Books on Hip-Hop

New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone by Raquel Z. Rivera

(also Reggaeton by Raquel Z. Rivera)

Know What I Mean? : Reflections on Hip-Hop by Michael Eric Dyson

From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity by Juan Flores

It’s Just Begun: The Epic Journey of Dj Disco Wiz, Hip Hop’s First Latino Dj by Ivan Sanchez and Luis Cedeño

The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop–and Why It Matters by Tricia Rose

When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down by Joan Morgan

Misogyny and the Emcee: Sex, Race and Hip Hop by Ewuare X. Osayande

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