Description
'It's a hip-hop bible' Ghostface Killah, Wutang Clan
In Hip Hop Raised Me. (R) , DJ Semtex examines the crucial role of hip-hop in society today, and reflects on the huge influence it has had on his own life, and the lives of many others, filling in the gaps of education that school left behind, providing inspiration and purpose to generation after generation of disaffected youths. Taking a thematic approach and featuring seminal interviews he has conducted with key hip-hop artists, Semtex traces the characteristics and influence of hip-hop from its origins in the early 1970s with DJ Kool Herc's Block parties in the South Bronx, through its breakthrough to the mainstream and advent of gangsta rap in the late 1980s, with artists such as Run DMC, Public Enemy and Ice T, to the impact of contemporary artists and the global industry that is hip-hop today. Hip-hop artists have gone from hustlers to successful entrepreneurs and businessmen. Hip-hop has come of age.
The definitive volume on the essence, experience and energy that is hip-hop and its massive and enduring impact over the last forty years
About the Author
DJ Semtex hosts the UK's premiere hip-hop show on BBC Radio 1Xtra every Friday, and is currently the Director of Artist Development at Sony Music.
Reviews
'DJ Semtex has nailed this' - Goldie
'This book is worth bread' - Raekwon
'This is an Illmatic book ... a hip-hop bible' - Ghostface Killah
'Amazing - buying immediately' - Chase & Status
'This is a time capsule' - DJ Green Lantern
'The pictures tell a thousand words' - Salaam Remi
'Big up DJ Semtex' - Rag 'N' Bone Man
Book Information
ISBN 9780500293959
Author DJ Semtex
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 1690g
In Hip Hop Raised Me. (R) , DJ Semtex examines the crucial role of hip-hop in society today, and reflects on the huge influence it has had on his own life, and the lives of many others, filling in the gaps of education that school left behind, providing inspiration and purpose to generation after generation of disaffected youths. Taking a thematic approach and featuring seminal interviews he has conducted with key hip-hop artists, Semtex traces the characteristics and influence of hip-hop from its origins in the early 1970s with DJ Kool Herc's Block parties in the South Bronx, through its breakthrough to the mainstream and advent of gangsta rap in the late 1980s, with artists such as Run DMC, Public Enemy and Ice T, to the impact of contemporary artists and the global industry that is hip-hop today. Hip-hop artists have gone from hustlers to successful entrepreneurs and businessmen. Hip-hop has come of age.
The definitive volume on the essence, experience and energy that is hip-hop and its massive and enduring impact over the last forty years
About the Author
DJ Semtex hosts the UK's premiere hip-hop show on BBC Radio 1Xtra every Friday, and is currently the Director of Artist Development at Sony Music.
Reviews
'DJ Semtex has nailed this' - Goldie
'This book is worth bread' - Raekwon
'This is an Illmatic book ... a hip-hop bible' - Ghostface Killah
'Amazing - buying immediately' - Chase & Status
'This is a time capsule' - DJ Green Lantern
'The pictures tell a thousand words' - Salaam Remi
'Big up DJ Semtex' - Rag 'N' Bone Man
Book Information
ISBN 9780500293959
Author DJ Semtex
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 1690g
