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Author Lommel, Cookie.

Title The history of rap music / by Cookie Lommel.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Chelsea House, [2001]
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J782.421 LOM    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA 782.42 LOM    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA 782.42 LOM c.2  Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J782.42 L83H    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Children's Department  J 782.42 LOMMEL    Billed
Description 120 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series African-American achievers
African-American achievers.
Bibliography Includes discography (page 114), bibliographical references (page 115) and index.
Summary Traces the development of rap music from origins in the hip hop of the 1970s through various controversies to its widespread popularity in the 1990s.
Contents The language of music -- The birth of contemporary rap music -- Early promoters and successes -- Rap artists take center stage -- Wordsmiths of the 1990s -- Politics of an art form -- Hip-hop and the media -- Hip-hop empires -- Mainstream impact.
Subject Rap (Music) -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.
Rap (Music)
ISBN 0791058204
0791058212 paperback
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