Start with high-confidence rap & hip hop books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
E.a.r.l.
DMX, Smokey D. Fontaine
Diary of a Madman
Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Benjamin Meadows Ingram
Sweat the Technique
Rakim
Legends of Hip-hop: 2pac
Pen Ken
Legends of Hip-hop: Queen Latifah
Legends of Hip-hop: Biggie Smalls
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc
Ice
Ice-T, Douglas Century
The Keys
DJ Khaled
Kanye West Owes Me $300
Jensen Karp
The Book of Jose
FAT JOE, Shaheem Reid
This Is Hip-hop
Rekha S. Rajan
Who Is Bad Bunny?
G. M. Taboas Zayas
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
Beastie Boys Book
Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz
The Soul of Hip Hop
Daniel White Hodge
History Comics: Hip-hop
Jarrett Williams
The Roots of Rap
Carole Boston Weatherford
When the Beat Was Born
Laban Carrick Hill
Mercedes Ladies
Sherri Sher, Sheri Sher
The Chronicles of DOOM
S.H. Fernando Jr.
Jay-z
Cate Rubenstein
The Marathon Don't Stop
Rob Kenner
Fashion Killa
Sowmya Krishnamurthy
