Walker does scrupulous research in the form of a broad span of interviews with nearly everyone who knew the seminal Houston DJ, DJ Screw. “DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution” comes as a follow-up to Lance Scott Walker’s “Houston Rap Tapes,” a photo book about Houston’s hip hop culture. Take a deep dive to learn about this deeply talented musician who left the world way too soon. The book takes an in-depth look at the rapper’s life beyond what was only reported in the news and media. The book includes several interviews with the people who knew Biggie best: his neighbors, friends, DJs and musical colleagues. “It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him” by journalist Justin Tinsley was released in conjunction with the year rapper Biggie Smalls would have celebrated his 50th birthday. There is, of course, always work to do in exposing American and world culture to the influential contributions of Black hip hop artists, but 2022 is revealing an effort from the publishing world to push this incredible narrative and culture forward.Ī few notable hip hop books, all biographies and memoirs, were published in the first half of 2022, and they are all continuing to lay the groundwork for an explosion in hip hop literary interest.
In 1994, Tricia Rose became one of the earliest hip hop documentarians in the book market with her seminal book “Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America.” Since then, the exploration of hip hop music, culture and biographies and odes to iconic artists like Tupac Shakur, has expanded into a viable topic in the major book market. Since the 1990s, the emergence of hip hop non-fiction and historical books has been steadily growing. Black Financial Health Open dropdown menu.
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