Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
Contents
What is hip hop? what is rap? -- Hip hop's ground zero : the South Bronx and urban America -- Graffiti art and breaking -- Rap's African and African-American cultural roots -- Old school DJs and MCs -- The Golden Era -- Hardcore : "message rap" and "gangsta rap" -- Hardcore II : gangsta in the '90s and responses from within the rap community -- Hip hop culture and rap music in the second millennium -- Conclusion.