CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP: A HISTORY OF THE HIP-HOP GENERATION

Chang, Jeff; Introduction by DJ Kool Herc

ISBN 10: 0312425791 / ISBN 13: 9780312425791

Published by Picador, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2005

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[xiv], 546p. 13th printing. Signed by author on dedication page. Bottom corner of first few pages lightly creased. Critically acclaimed history of the politics and social aspects of hip hop music. Includes bibliographical references, discography, and filmography. B&w photographs. (8-1/4"x5-1/2"). Seller Inventory # P6125

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Title: CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP: A HISTORY OF THE ...

Publisher: Picador, St. Martin's Press, New York

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis:

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. 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.

About the Authors:

Jeff Chang has been a hip-hop journalist for more than a decade and has written for The San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice, Vibe, The Nation, URB, Rap Pages, Spin, and Mother Jones. He is the author of several books, including the American Book Award-winning Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. He was a founding editor of Colorlines Magazine, senior editor at Russell Simmons’s 360hiphop.com, and cofounder of the influential hip-hip label SoleSides, now Quannum Projects. He lives in California.

D.J. Kool Herc contributed to Can't Stop Won't Stop from Picador.