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Books pertaining to hip-hop and rap can be found in our catalog here. Below are some highlights from our collection.
And It Don't Stop: the Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years by 
Back to the Lab: Hip Hop Home Studios by 
God Save the Queens: the Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by 
Hip Hop America by 
Hip Hop Family Tree. 1, 1970s-1981 by 
Hip Hop Files: Photographs 1979-1984 by 
Hip Hop Movement: from R & B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation by 
Hip Hop Raised Me: by 
The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop by 
Original Gangstas: Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the Birth of West Coast Rap by 
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by 
Who Got the Camera?: A History of Rap and Reality by 
Yes, Yes Y'all: the Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade by Our hip-hop and rap video recordings can be found here. Below are some highlights from our collection.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party by 
From Mambo to Hip Hop
Godfathers and Sons
Hip Hop: the Songs that Shook AmericaOur rap and hip-hop commercial sound recordings can be found here. Below are some highlights from our collection.
Back to Black: 100 years of Black Music: Music That Changed the World, 1900 to 1999
Giant Single: Profile Records Rap Anthology by 
Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap by Search the Rock Hall's archival collections here, including photographs, manuscripts, business records, posters, handbills, recordings, and much more from performers, bands, record label executives, recording studios, and the fans themselves!
Listed below are notable collections and items related to rap and hip-hop.
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