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Books on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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Painting without Permission: Hip-Hop Graffiti Subculture

Book by Janice Rahn; Bergin and Garvey, 2002

Subjects:

Graffiti--Quaebec (Province)--Montraeal, Hip-Hop--Quaebec (Province)--Montraeal, Young Artists--Quaebec (Province)--Montraeal--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

More than ever education students are required to study the social context of youth culture in order to understand and design meaningful, motivational curiculum. There is a need to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to address the critical issues which confront the education of youth ...
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More than ever education students are required to study the social context of youth culture in order to understand and design meaningful, motivational curiculum. There is a need to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to address the critical issues which confront the education of youth today. In studying hip-hop graffiti, the author explores a crucial but neglected area in the contemporary training of youth workers and educators.
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Hip-Hop: A Short History

Book by Rosa Waters; Mason Crest, 2007

Subjects:

Rap (Music)--History And Criticism

...While black rap musicians respected...the same about rapper Vanilla Ice. Vanilla...countrys best-known rapper. P-Money (right...first New Zealand rap hit single...open a gospel-rap label; rap-gospel...top-ten hit; rapper DMX says he wants...
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Hip-Hop around the World

Book by Ida Walker; Mason Crest, 2008

Subjects:

Rap (Music)--History And Criticism

...Wee Papa Girl Rappers became one of...based form of rap that radio stations...one manager of a rap group is ; quoted as saying, Rappers are much nicer...Serbias first major rap album. ? ., ; . ? 9 9 6 Rapper Tupac Shakur is...
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From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity

Book by Juan Flores; Columbia University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Arts, Puerto Rican--United States, Popular Culture--United States, Puerto Ricans--United States--Ethnic Identity, Puerto Ricans--United States--Social Life And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs--1971-

Collections: History, Entire Library

...explaining to the New York audience that rap had arrived in Puerto Rico and was...Lisa M, and many of the lesser- known rappers of the day, she demonstrated how, rather...identify as our music much more than rap, or even the old-fashioned folksy...
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Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop

Book by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.; University of California Press, 2003

Subjects:

African Americans In Popular Culture, African Americans--Music--History And Criticism, Popular Music--Social Aspects--United States

Collections: Entire Library

A history of African-American music and its influence on American music and culture, from the Great Migration to the present day.

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Journal Articles on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization

Journal article by Jeffrey A. Dym; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...deejaying, graffiti art, and rap. Hip-Hop Japan focuses primarily on rappers and their lyrics because...skepticism that one could really rap in Japanese, the art form...Chapter five reveals how rappers have sculpted and manipulated...
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Contemporary Urban Music: Controversial Messages in Hip-Hop and Rap Lyrics

Journal article by Franklin B. Krohn, Frances L. Suazo; ETC.: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 52, 1995

Subjects:

Minorities--Music, Rap music--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...to emulate the rappers (Sims, 1993). Many have condemned rap music relating...one perspective rap has contributed...and expression. Rappers are not simply...for many years. Rap is therefore the...culture. Frequently, rappers set the stage...
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From Bricks to Billboards: Hip-Hop Autobiography

Journal article by Mickey Hess; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 39, 2006

Subjects:

Autobiographies--Analysis, Hip-hop (Culture)--Analysis, Rap (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Rap music--Criticism and interpretation, Rap singers--Performances

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...she argues that "rappers and black rap entrepreneurs are...fiction (920). For rap listeners, this illusion...prominent gangsta rapper drew criticism upon...Music Business and Rap: Between the Street...1970): 131-49. "Rapper Ice-T Defends Song...
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"Of All Our Studies, History Is Best Qualified to Reward Our Research": Black History's Relevance to the Hip Hop Generation

Journal article by Pero Gaglo Dagbovie; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 90, 2005

Subjects:

African Americans--Social aspects, Black history--Research, Blacks--History, Blacks--Research, Hip-hop (Culture)--History, Rap (Music)--History, Rap music--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...history conscious rap, however impeccable...todays mainstream rappers. His approach...and accessible. Rap music, Hip Hop...suggesting that modern rappers were influenced...or narrator.... Rappers tell long, involved...electrified rhythms. Rap tales are told...
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Post-Pomo Hip-Hop Homos: Hip-Hop Art, Gay Rappers, and Social Change

Journal article by D. Mark Wilson; Social Justice, Vol. 34, 2007

Subjects:

Gay musicians--Social aspects, Hate crimes--Social aspects, Hip-hop (Culture)--Demographic aspects, Race discrimination, Rap groups--Social aspects, Social justice--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...a Bay Area-based rap crew, their hip...network of black gay rappers and friends in Washington...use "rainbow nerd" rap to "shake the segregated...Homiesexual rappers...politically conscious rappers, their "queer" rap intentionally avoids...

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Magazine Articles on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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`Stakes Is High': Conscious Rap, Neosoul and the Hip-Hop Generation

Magazine article by Jeff Chang; The Nation, Vol. 276, January 13, 2003

Subjects:

Hip-hop (Culture), Rap (Music)--Political aspects, Rap music--Political aspects, Rap singers--Political activity

Collections: Entire Library

...High: Conscious Rap, Neosoul and the...Fifteen years ago, rappers like Public Enemy...be a "political rapper" in the music...Political rap" was actually...the white male rap star Eminem and...ballot-punching) rappers. When Jam Master...
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It's a Hip-Hop World: Rap Music Has Long Been Considered a Form of Resistance against Authority. Boosted by the Commercialization of the Music Industry, That Message Has Proven Its Appeal to Youth All around the World. Now, from Shanghai to Nairobi to Sao Paulo, Hip-Hop Is Evolving into a Truly Global Art of Communication

Magazine article by Jeff Chang; Foreign Policy, November 2007

Subjects:

Cable television broadcasting industry--Influence, Cable television broadcasting industry--Services, Hip-hop (Culture)--Influence, Hip-hop (Culture)--Political aspects, Hip-hop (Culture)--Social aspects, MTV Networks Inc.--Influence, MTV Networks Inc.--Services

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...African-American disco rap. They blended...Yorks leading rappers, dancers, artists...boasting macho idiot rappers come up with...years ago, angry rap made by the sons...goods. But local rappers, whose music critiques...dub American rap, ironically...
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The Many Faces of Kanye West: Producer-Turned-Hit Rapper Takes Hip-Hop in New Direction

Magazine article by Kimberly Davis; Ebony, Vol. 59, June 2004

Subjects:

Rap singers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, West, Kanye--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Entire Library

...of Kanye West: Producer-Turned-Hit Rapper Takes Hip-Hop in New Direction...produced and recorded with fellow Chicago rapper Twista and comedian Jamie Foxx), helped...one that signals a new direction in hip-hop--one with sarcastic lyrics ("Workout...
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HIP-HOP at the Crossroads

Magazine article by Kevin Chappell; Ebony, Vol. 56, September 2001

Subjects:

Hip-Hop Summit--2001, New York--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Rap music--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...000 for playing the Eminem rap song, "The Real Slim Shady...80s--at claimed the lives of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls...moderated discussions between key rappers from the East and West coasts...problems that continue to plague rap music. A game plan for the...
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The Influence of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X on Hip Hop: "... Success and Prosperity for the Majority of Black Americans in the 21st Century Only Will Be Achieved by a Strong Coalition of Christians and Muslims Who Are Dedicated to the Values of Democracy and Social Justice."

Magazine article by Richard Brent Turner; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 133, July 2004

Subjects:

African Americans--Biography, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights activists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Civil rights activists--Biography, Civil rights activists--Influence, Civil rights activists--Religious aspects, Civil rights movements--Analysis, Civil rights movements--History, Civil rights movements--Religious aspects, Civil rights workers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Civil rights workers--Biography, Civil rights workers--Influence, Civil rights workers--Religious aspects, Hip-hop (Culture)--Analysis, Hip-hop (Culture)--History, Hip-hop (Culture)--Social aspects, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Biography, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Influence, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Religious aspects, Malcolm X--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Malcolm X--Biography, Malcolm X--Influence, Malcolm X--Religious aspects, Rap (Music)--Social aspects, Rap music--Social aspects, United States history, 1945---Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...kinds of families") of MCs/rappers, disc jockeys, break dancers...assaults on affirmative action, rap music became the primary medium...lifestyles and rhymes of gangsta rap in the 1990s, which highlighted...Hollywood marginalization of rap music and the "Hard Rights...

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Newspaper Articles on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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The Rapper Who's Good and Ready to Put Welsh Hip-Hop on the Map

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 19, 2006

Subjects:

Music industry, Rap singers

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The Rapper Whos Good and Ready to Put Welsh Hip-Hop...scene in London is slowly getting used to rappers from Wales making an impact, but Gritty is...his mother and sisters when he was 13, the rapper said he only seriously started looking at...
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DRUGS HELL OF TALENT RAPPER; EXCLUSIVE Hip-Hop Performer Hailed by TV's Simon Cowell Confesses His Junkie Shame 'I've Tried Weed, E's, Speed, Mushrooms, Valium and Smack'

Newspaper article; The People (London, England), June 17, 2007

Subjects:

Drugs, Rap singers

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

DRUGS HELL OF TALENT RAPPER; EXCLUSIVE Hip-Hop Performer Hailed by...Byline: By JENNA SLOAN A HULKING rapper seen by millions of TV viewers on Britains...class As." He adds: "Making a lot of hip-hop and trying to get somewhere with this...
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Star Rapper Takes Hip Hop to Nasa; Rhyme with a Reason Brings Astrobiology Down to Earth

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 21, 2009

Subjects:

Extraterrestrial life, Life on other planets, Rap singers

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Glamorgan science communication rapper Jon Chase has been invited...and perform an Astrobiology Rap, which has now been viewed...schools using his love of hip hop to make science more interesting...commissioning, Jon added: "Rap and hip hop music is my passion...
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How Stephen's Story Became a Hip-Hop Opera; A Rapper, a Gospel Choir and an Orchestra Pay Tribute to the Innocent Student Brutally Murdered by Racists

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 16, 2005

Subjects:

Operas, Rap singers

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Became a Hip-Hop Opera; A Rapper, a Gospel Choir and an Orchestra...Son of Hope. The restless rap is delivered by The Radical...But to watch a whiplash rapper ride the crest of an orchestral...awakening. And to see the rap transformed by operatic...
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DRUGS HELL OF TALENT RAPPER; EXCLUSIVE Hip-Hop Performer Hailed by TV's Simon Cowell Confesses His Junkie Shame

Newspaper article; The People (London, England), June 17, 2007

Subjects:

Drugs, Rap singers

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

DRUGS HELL OF TALENT RAPPER; EXCLUSIVE Hip-Hop Performer Hailed by...Byline: By JENNA SLOAN A HULKING rapper seen by millions of TV viewers on Britains...class As." He adds: "Making a lot of hip-hop and trying to get somewhere with this...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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Hip-Hop

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

HIP-HOP see rap music . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Rap Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as breakdancing. The word rap, derived from a 1960s slang...cultural idioms and credit many rappers with an acute social and...pop music. Some influential rap performers include Public...F. Wallace, Signifying Rappers (1990); G. Nelson, Hip...
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Dance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...frenzied discotheque and go-go dances of the 1960s, the disco dances of the 1970s, and in the 1980s hip-hop, which was tied to rap music and evolved into an energetic style of street dancing, called break dancing. Tap dancing and ballroom and adagio dancing...
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Feld, Eliot

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...innovative choreography, and has increasingly mingled ballet with vernacular urban styles such as jazz, rock, break dancing, and hip hop. Among his more than 100 works are Intermezzo (1969), Jive (1973), Grand Canon (1984), Yo Shakespeare (1997), and Lincoln...
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Basquiat, Jean-Michel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...he was influenced by the violence of street life, the variety of African-American life, multiculturalism, and the emerging hip-hop culture. He was also strongly influenced by the life and work of Andy Warhol , who became his mentor, and by the work of such...

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