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One of the few indisputable geniuses of pop music, Sly Stone is a trailblazer and a legend. He created a new kind of music, mixing...

This rhythmic read-aloud picture book biography dances through the musical childhoods of jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, their rise to stardom, and the...

A definitive celebration of the distinctive art of poster and flyer design in the highly influential culture of Jamaican dancehall music, by one of the...

For the first time Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary story in his own words. It is “as wild, unpredictable, and fascinating as the man himself”...

Poet, dramatist, novelist, critic, teacher, and political activist Amiri Baraka, born LeRoi Jones, vividly recounts his crusading role in African American literature.   A driving...

In this rollicking, rhyming picture book, a pair of siblings who are supposed to be in bed discover a jazz band playing in their basement The sounds...

'The BeatTips Manual' (Amir Said) is the definitive study of the art of beatmaking (hip hop production). Brilliantly divided into five major parts - a...

In her memoir, Anna Maria Gehnyei, better known as singer, rapper, and producer Karima 2G, reveals the challenges she faced as the child of Liberian...

* Winner of a 2017 American Book Award* Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction)* 2017 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee (Fiction)...

Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Fat Joe pulls back the curtain on his larger-than-life persona in this gritty, intimate memoir about growing up in...

The ultimate backstage pass: a photographic inside look at the making of the pioneering hip hop documentary Rhyme & Reason In the mid-1990s, documentary filmmaker Peter...

(Indie Exclusive, Colored Vinyl, Red, Gatefold LP Jacket) Fresh off the worldwide success of Natural Brown Prom Queen, Sudan Archives leveled up, evolving from a hands-on...

This first cultural biography of rap superstar and "master of storytelling" (The New Yorker) Kendrick Lamar explores his meteoric rise to fame and his profound...

The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.From the journalist behind From the Streets of Shaolin and...

The music that would come to be known as hip-hop was born at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. Now, fifty...

  From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years...

A rare document of the 1960s Black Arts Movement featuring Albert Ayler, Amiri Baraka, Milford Graves, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor and many more, The Cricket fostered critical...