Can't Stop Won't Stop
A History of the Hip-hop Generation
Picador · Print & ebook · December 27, 2005
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- Who it’s for
- A history-minded read that treats hip-hop as culture, movement, and public record.
- Genres
- Rap & Hip Hop, Pop Culture Studies, African American Studies
- Published
- Picador, December 27, 2005
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Can't Stop Won't Stop is a powerful cultural and social history of the end of the American century, and a provocative look into the new world that the hip-hop generation created. Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop became the Esperanto of youth rebellion and a generation-defining movement.
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In a post-civil rights era defined by deindustrialization and globalization, hip-hop crystallized a multiracial, polycultural generation's worldview, and transformed American politics and culture. But that epic story has never been told with this kind of breadth, insight, and style. Based on original interviews with DJs, b-boys, rappers, graffiti writers, activists, and gang members, with unforgettable portraits of many of hip-hop's forebears, founders, and mavericks, including DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, and Ice Cube, Can't Stop Won't Stop chronicles the events, the ideas, the music, and the art that marked the hip-hop generation's rise from the ashes of the 60's into the new millennium.
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A history-minded read that treats hip-hop as culture, movement, and public record.
Come here for
- Hip-hop history with cultural reach
- Music, dance, and civil-rights context
Expect
- Nonfiction sweep
- Insight-forward, not just scene-by-scene
Where it sits
| Rap & Hip Hop | 79% |
|---|---|
| African American Studies | 34% |
| Pop Culture Studies | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Rap & Hip Hop
- African American Studies
- Biracial & Multiracial Studies
- Authors
- Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- December 27, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Rap & Hip Hop