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This journalistic social history of hip-hop swerves dizzyingly between music and politics, showing how the two are inextricably linked in the genre's history. It moves from hip-hop's pregenesis in working-class Jamaica, through the Bronx club scene, to its explosion on both coasts. Then it reveals the early pioneers—DJ Kool Herc (who provides the book's introduction), Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmas...Log In or Sign Up to Read More