Hip-hop: A Short History

by Rosa Waters

Presents a history of the cultural phenomenon of hip hop, from the beginning of the movement in the neighborhoods of the Bronx to its place in today's contemporary music scene.

64 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read it with my hip-hop obsessed eight year old. He enjoyed it and I was impressed at the amount of information Waters managed to pack into the book. It is now well over a decade old, but aside from that, it's as good of a source as any for the subject covered.