74 Hip-Hop Books (originally found on hiphopbookclub.com)

The Book of Jose: A Memoir

by Fat Joe and Shaheem Reid
Roc Lit 101 (Nov 15, 2022)
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Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

by Sesali Bowen
Amistad (Oct 05, 2021)
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Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story

by Talib Kweli
MCD (Feb 16, 2021)
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Jay-Z: Made in America

by Michael Eric Dyson
St. Martin’s Press (Nov 26, 2019)
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Beyoncé Shine Your Light

by Sarah Warren
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Jun 04, 2019)
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Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

by Hanif Abdurraqib
University of Texas Press (Feb 01, 2019)
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The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Little Bee Books (Jan 15, 2019)
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The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Little Bee Books (Jan 15, 2019)
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The Autobiography of Gucci Mane

by Gucci Mane
Simon & Schuster (Sep 04, 2018)
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Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes

by Kyle T. Mays
State University of New York Press (Apr 01, 2018)
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They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us

by Hanif Abdurraqib
Two Dollar Radio (Nov 07, 2017)
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What Is Hip-Hop?

by Eric Morse
Black Sheep (Sep 05, 2017)
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Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader

by Greg Tate
Duke University Press Books (Aug 05, 2016)
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My Voice: A Memoir

by Angie Martinez
Celebra (May 17, 2016)
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Unashamed

by Lecrae Moore
B&H Publishing Group (May 03, 2016)
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Snoop Dogg: Reincarnated

by Snoop Dogg
Rizzoli (Sep 29, 2015)
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Welcome To Death Row: The Uncensored Oral History of Death Row Records in the Words of Those Who Were There

by S. Leigh Savidge
Xenon Press (Aug 07, 2015)
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CHUCK D: LYRICS OF A RAP REVOLUTIONARY

by Yusuf Jah
Off Da Books (Feb 25, 2015)
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The Psychological Covert War On Hip Hop

by Professor Griff
Taqiyyah Music (Oct 20, 2014)
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When The Beat Was Born: Dj Kool Herc And The Creation Of Hip Hop

by Laban Carrick Hill
Palgrave Macmillan (Aug 27, 2013)
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Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

by Questlove and Ben Greenman
Grand Central Publishing (Jun 18, 2013)
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Game Over

by Winter Ramos
Life Changing Books (Apr 23, 2013)
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Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery To Hip-Hop

by Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen
W. W. Norton & Company (Aug 27, 2012)
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Nicki Minaj: The Woman Who Stole The World

by Lynette Holloway
Amber Books (Aug 01, 2012)
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One Day It’ll All Make Sense

by Common
Atria Books (Sep 13, 2011)
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Flavor Flav: The Icon The Memoir

by Flava Flav
Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc. (May 11, 2011)
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My Infamous Life: The Autobiography Of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy

by Albert “Prodigy” Johnson
Touchstone (Apr 19, 2011)
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Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey

by Jordan Sommers
Aria Multimedia Entertainment (Feb 08, 2011)
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Decoded

by Jay-Z
Spiegel & Grau (Nov 16, 2010)
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Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic

by Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books (Dec 29, 2009)
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In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap (African American Cultural Theory and Heritage)

by Alexs D. Pate
Scarecrow Press (Nov 24, 2009)
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The 50th Law

by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Robert Greene
Harper (Sep 08, 2009)
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It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation

by MK Asante
St. Martin’s Griffin (Sep 01, 2009)
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Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry--From Music to Hollywood

by Terrance Dean
Atria Books (Jun 30, 2009)
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Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar

by Donda West and Karen Hunter
Karen Hunter Publishing (Mar 12, 2009)
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Dancing With the Devil: How Puff Burned the Bad Boys of Hip-Hop

by Mark Curry
New Mark Books (Feb 02, 2009)
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The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop—And Why It Matters

by Tricia Rose
Civitas Book Publisher (Dec 02, 2008)
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Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience)

by Nikki Giovanni
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (Oct 01, 2008)
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All About The Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America

by John McWhorter
Knopf (Jun 19, 2008)
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The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats

by Grandmaster Flash
Crown Publishing Group (Jun 10, 2008)
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Hiding In Hip Hop: On The Down Low In The Entertainment Industry--From Music To Hollywood

by Terrance Dean
Atria Books (May 13, 2008)
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Somebody Scream!: Rap Music’s Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power

by Marcus Reeves
Faber and Faber (Mar 18, 2008)
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Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop

by Johan Kuelberg
Rizzoli (Nov 06, 2007)
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It’s No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal—a Hip-Hop Helen of Troy Tells All

by Carmen Bryan
Gallery Books (Nov 06, 2007)
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Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop

by Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books (Jul 02, 2007)
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Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies

by Brian Coleman
Villard (Jun 12, 2007)
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Pimps Up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Women

by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
New York University Press (Mar 01, 2007)
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To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip-Hop Aesthetic

by William Jelani Cobb
New York University Press (Feb 01, 2007)
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Total Chaos: The Art And Aesthetics Of Hip-Hop

by Jeff Chang
Basic Civitas Books (Jan 09, 2007)
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It’s No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal—a Hip-Hop Helen of Troy Tells All

by Carmen Bryan
VH1 (Nov 28, 2006)
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Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay

by Ronin Ro
Harper Paperbacks (Oct 31, 2006)
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Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book

by Gabriel Tolliver and Reggie Osse
Bloomsbury USA (Oct 31, 2006)
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Tupac Shakur Legacy

by Jamal Joseph
Atria Books (Aug 29, 2006)
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Kanye West in the Studio: Beats Down! Money Up! The Studio Years (2000 - 2006)

by Jake Brown
Colossus Books (Apr 10, 2006)
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The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop

by Saul Williams
MTV Books (Feb 01, 2006)
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Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture

by Yvonne Bynoe
Greenwood Publishing Group (Dec 30, 2005)
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Thru My Eyes: Thoughts on Tupac Amaru Shakur in Pictures and Words

by Gobi
Atria Books (Nov 01, 2005)
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A History of Hip-Hop: The Roots of Rap (High Five Reading)

by Thomas Hatch
Red Brick Learning (Sep 01, 2005)
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Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World’s Most Influential Hip-Hop Label

by Stacy Gueraseva
One World/Ballantine (Jul 26, 2005)
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Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America

by Bakari Kitwana
Basic Civitas Books (May 31, 2005)
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Hip Hop America

by Nelson George
Penguin Books (Apr 26, 2005)
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Rakim Told Me: Wax Facts Straight from the Original Artists—The ’80s.

by Brian Coleman
AMS Press (Apr 01, 2005)
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Prophets of the Hood-PB

by Imani Perry
Duke University Press Books (Nov 30, 2004)
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Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don’t Have Bruises

by Miles Marshall Lewis
Akashic Books (Oct 01, 2004)
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And It Don’t Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years

by Raquel Cepeda
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Sep 29, 2004)
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The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture

by Bakari Kitwana
Basic Civitas Books (Apr 24, 2003)
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Who Shot Ya?: Three Decades of HipHop Photography

by Ernie Paniccioli and Kevin Powell
Amistad (Oct 22, 2002)
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Life And Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God

by Russell Simmons
Three Rivers Press (Sep 24, 2002)
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Bad Boy: The Influence of Sean "Puffy" Combs on the Music Industry

by Ronin Ro
Atria Books (Nov 01, 2001)
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Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac Shakur

by Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books (Aug 15, 2001)
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Tha Doggfather: The Times, Trials, and Hardcore Truths of Snoop Dogg

by Snoop Dogg
William Morrow (Nov 17, 1999)
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Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality

by Yusuf Jah
Delta (Sep 08, 1998)
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Rap on Gangsta Rap: Who Run It?: Gangsta Rap and Visions of Black Violence

by Bakari Kitwana
Third World Press (Sep 01, 1994)
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Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America

by Tricia Rose
Wesleyan University Press (May 15, 1994)
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