Icons of hip hop
Subtitle: an encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture
By: edited by Mickey Hess.
Contributors: Hess, Mickey, 1975-
Series: Greenwood icons
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313339028; 9780313339035; 9780313339042
Subjects: Rap musicians -- Biography; Turntablists -- Biography; Rap (Music) -- History and criticism; Hip-hop
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume one : Kool Herc to Native Tongues. Kool Herc / by Wayne Marshall ; Grandmaster Flash / by H.C. Williams ; Roxanne Shante / by Thembisa S. Mshaka ; Run DMC / by Jeb Aram Middlebrook ; Beastie Boys / by Mickey Hess ; MC Lyte / by Jennifer R. Young ; Eric B and Rakim / by Shawn Bernardo ; Public Enemy / by George Ciccariello-Maher ; Salt n Pepa / by Athena Elafros ; Queen Latifah / by Faizi Hirji ; Geto Boys / by Jason D. Haugen ; Native Tongues / by Aine McGlynn; title: Volume two : Ice Cube to Kanye West. Ice Cube / by David Leonard ; Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg / by David Diallo ; Nas / by Susan Weinstein ; Wu-tang Clan / by Jessica Elliott and Mickey Hess ; Tupac Shakur / by Carlos D Morrison and Celnisha L. Dangerfield ; Notorious B.I.G. / by James Peterson ; Lil Kim / by Aine McGlynn ; Outkast / by T. Hasan Johnson ; Eminem / by Katherine V. Tsiopos-Wills ; Missy Elliot / by Joi Carr ; Jay-Z / by T. Hasan Johnson ; Kanye West / by Todd Dills.