Chuck D
Author
Publisher
Enemy Books/Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In Summer of Hamn , legendary hip-hop artist Chuck D takes on gun violence with rhythmic, inventive writing and passionately raw art. He has long spoken out against gun violence, including how it intersects with rap and hip-hop culture. Summer of Hamn is the bound journal Chuck D carried with him in the summer of 2022-a summer marked by a particularly high rate of gun death. In these pages, victims are memorialized, politicians are skewered, and vehement...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In the more than 40 years since the days of DJ Kool Herc and "Rapper's Delight, " hip hop and rap have become a billion-dollar worldwide phenomenon. Yet there is no definitive history of the genre -- until now. Based on Chuck's long-running show on Rapstation.com, this massive compendium details the most iconic moments and influential songs in the genre's recorded history, from Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin" to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill to...
3) The King
Language
English
Formats
Description
Driving a Rolls-Royce once owned by Elvis Presley - with a revolving crew of musicians in the backseat - director Eugene Jarecki embarks on a cross-country road trip to explore how Elvis lost his authenticity as America lost its soul. Nominated for the Golden Eye Award at the 2017 **Cannes Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**. *"Sprawling and brilliant."* - David Ehrlich, ***indieWire*** *"Perceptive, probing and ultimately...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A riveting examination of masculinity, sexism, and homophobia in hop-hop culture. Delivering a self-described "loving critique" of rap music, director Byron Hurt - a former star college quarterback, longtime hip-hop fan, and now gender violence prevention educator - pays tribute to the power and creativity of hip-hop while challenging the rap industry to take responsibility for glamorizing destructive, deeply conservative sterotypes of manhood. ...