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Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangEgo Trip's Book of Rap Lists by Sacha JenkinsThe Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac ShakurBomb the Suburbs by William Upski WimsattDecoded by Jay-Z
Hip Hop History & Currency
150 books — 72 voters
The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac ShakurBig Freedia by Big FreediaDecoded by Jay-ZBook of Rhymes by Adam BradleyFor The Love by Kevin McDormand
The Definitive List of Hip-Hop Books
145 books — 43 voters

Big Freedia by Big FreediaIt's Bigger Than Hip Hop by M.K. Asante Jr.Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangWhen the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick HillGot the Flow by Carlos Salinas
Hip Hop/Rap Course
16 books — 17 voters
California Dreamin' by Pénélope BagieuBaby's in Black by Arne BellstorfThe Fifth Beatle by Vivek J. TiwaryKahe heli vahel. Graafiline romaan Arvo Pärdist by Joonas SildreLove in vain by J.M. Dupont
Graphic Novels and Comics About Music
162 books — 16 voters

The Commitments by Roddy DoyleChart Throb by Ben EltonSoul Music by Terry PratchettRagtime by E.L. DoctorowThe Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Tin Pan Alley
41 books — 14 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Books Referenced by Talib Kweli
9 books — 4 voters

Got the Flow by Carlos SalinasThe History of Hip Hop by Eric ReeseCan't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangGangsta Rap by Benjamin ZephaniahGangsta Rap by Marc Villard
Books about rap and hip-hop
7 books — 3 voters
Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangEnter the 36 Chapters by Kevin McDormandThe Tao of Wu by The RZACan't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangBomb the Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt
My Favorite Hip-Hop Books
17 books — 2 voters

The Museum of Broken Tea Cups by Gunjan VedaSebastian and Sons by T.M. KrishnaCollected Plays of Sanjay Jiwane by Sanjay JiwaneStrength of our wrists by Premanand GajveeDalit Art and Visual Imagery by Gary Michael Tartakov
Dalit Art and Music
10 books — 2 voters
Commissary Kitchen by Albert JohnsonStoned Beyond Belief by Action BronsonCookin' with Coolio by CoolioF*ck, That's Delicious by Action BronsonFrom Crook to Cook by Snoop Dogg
Rapper written cookbooks
7 books — 2 voters

The Number Ones by Tom BreihanMajor Labels by Kelefa SannehBon Jovi by Jon Bon JoviLove Me Do! by Michael BraunThe Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson
The Number Ones Selected Bibliography
42 books — 2 voters
Shine Bright by Danyel SmithMy Life in the Purple Kingdom by BrownMarkSinging Like Germans by Kira ThurmanI Don't Like the Blues by B. Brian FosterThe Blues by Chris Thomas King
Music and Dance by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
11 books — 1 voter

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