Icons of hip hop : an encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture / edited by Mickey Hess.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hess, Mickey, 1975-

Series:

Greenwood icons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rap musicians--Biography.

Rap musicians.

Turntablists--Biography.

Turntablists.

Rap (Music)--History and criticism.

Rap (Music).

Hip-hop.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xxx, 640 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

Summary:

From Run DMC to Eminem, this encyclopedia uncoves the histories of important artists both inside and outside the hip-hop mainstream, all while examining the varied and ever-changing forms of the music.

Contents:

Volume one. Kool Herc / Wayne Marshall ; Grandmaster Flash / H.C. Williams ; Roxanne Shanté / Thembisa S. Mshaka ; Run-DMC / Jeb Aram Middlebrook ; Beastie Boys / Mickey Hess ; MC Lyte / Jennifer R. Young ; Eric B. & Rakim / Shawn Bernardo ; Public Enemy / George Ciccariello-Maher ; Salt-n-Pepa / Athena Elafros ; Queen Latifah / Faizi Hirji ; The Geto Boys / Jason D. Haugen ; The Native Tongues / Aine McGlynn

Volume two. Ice Cube / David J. Leonard ; Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg / David Diallo ; Nas / Susan Weinstein ; Wu-tang Clan / Jessica Elliott and Mickey Hess ; Tupac Shakur / Carlos D. Morrison and Celnisha L. Dangerfield ; Notorious B.I.G. / James Peterson ; Lil' Kim / Aine McGlynn ; Outkast / T. Hasan Johnson ; Eminem / Katherine V. Tsiopos-Wills ; Missy Elliot / Joi Carr ; Jay-Z / T. Hasan Johnson ; Kanye West / Todd Dills.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [609]-611), discographies, and index.

ISBN:

9780313339028

0313339023

9780313339035

0313339031

9780313339042

031333904X

OCLC:

85766109