Nuthin' but a "G" Thang The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap

Sweat the Technique

Rakim

Dead Precedents

Roy Christopher

Go Ahead in the Rain Notes to A Tribe Called Quest

Hanif Abdurraqib

Original Gangstas

Ben Westhoff

Gang Town

Dr. Don Pinnock

Diary of a Madman

Brad "Scarface" Jordan

Rap Year Book, The

Shea Serrano

Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G.

Cheo Hodari Coker

Hip-hop in Houston The Origin & the Legacy

Maco L. Faniel

Thug Life - Race, Gender and The Meaning of Hip Hop

Michael Alpert

Dirty South : OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop

Ben Westhoff

Subcultural Theory Traditions and Concepts

J. Patrick Williams

Understand Rap

William Buckholz

Tupac Shakur - the life and times of an American icon

Tayannah Lee

Gang Leader for a Day

Sudhir Venkatesh

Nas's Illmatic

Matthew Gasteier

The Five Percenters Islam, Hip-hop and the Gods of New York

Michael Muhammad Knight

It's Bigger Than Hip Hop The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation

Molefi K. Asante

Gangs

Ross Kemp

Gang Leader for a Day A Rogue Sociologist Crosses the Line

Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

Hip Hop Revolution - The Culture and Politics of Rap

Jeffrey Armstrong

When Rap Music Had a Conscience: The Artists, Organizations and Historic Events that Inspired and Influenced the Golden Age of Hip-Hop

Tayannah Lee McQuillar

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Michael Eric Dyson

Total Chaos The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop

Jeff Chang

Talk the Talk

Luc Reid

Holler If You Hear Me Searching for Tupac Shakur

Michael Eric Dyson

Queens Reigns Supreme Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler

Ethan Brown

Why White Kids Love Hip-hop Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America

Bakari Kitwana

Raising Hell The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay

Ronin Ro

Gangs A Journey Into the Heart of the British Underworld

Tony Thompson

The rough guide to gangster movies

Lloyd Hughes

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John Leland

Rap and Hip Hop: Examining Pop Culture

Jared Green

Back In The Day

Darrin Keith Bastfield

Classic Material : The Hip-Hop Album Guide

Oliver. Wang

Rebel for the Hell of It The Life of Tupac Shakur

Armond White

Back in the Days

Jamel Shabbaz

Westsiders: Stories of Boys in the Hood

William Shaw

Between God and Gangsta Rap

Michael Eric Dyson

Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America

Tricia Rose