Hip Hop World

by Dalton Higgins

Book Overview

A fascinating look at hip hop, the world's most popular music, and what it means to young people all over the globe, written by an acclaimed pop-culture critic. An excellent introduction to hip hop for young adults.

Hip hop is arguably the predominant global youth subculture of this generation. In this book Dalton Higgins takes vivid snapshots of the hip hop scenes in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and more.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888999119
• ISBN13: 9780888999115
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Overview of hip-hop! Very current!

I really enjoyed this book. In a relatively short space,the writer provides a broad overview of hip-hop, getting beyond the usual suspects and showing what hip-hop means outside of the United States. To a certain extent, readers probably need to have some background in recent writing about hip-hop to get the full picture o hip-hop's history and its effects. This book probably best serves as a coda to Jeff Chang's "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" or Tricia Rose's "Black Noise" or anything by Nelson George. I guess I would ultimately say this is book is perfect for someone who already has some knowledge of hip-hop and is looking to go a bit deeper.