Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition)
A Hip-Hop History
ISBN10: 1250790514
ISBN13: 9781250790514
Hardcover
352 Pages
$18.99
CA$25.99
From award-winning author Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop is the story of hip-hop, a generation-defining movement and the music that transformed American politics and culture forever.
Hip-hop is one of the most dominant and influential cultures in America, giving new voice to the younger generation. It defines a generation's worldview. Exploring hip-hop's beginnings up to the present day, Jeff Chang and Dave 'Davey D' Cook provide a provocative look into the new world that the hip hop generation has created.
Based on original interviews with DJs, b-boys, rappers, activists, and gang members, with unforgettable portraits of many of hip-hop's forebears, founders, mavericks, and present day icons, this book chronicles the epic events, ideas and the music that marked the hip-hop generation's rise.
Reviews
Praise for Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition)
"Readers can feel the seeds of Chang’s cultural organizing within the storytelling of this tour de force while Cook brings his decades of experience as a pioneering hip-hop journalist to give new color to this edition."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"This engrossing, engaging account bills itself as a history of hip-hop, but it's so much more."—Booklist (starred review)
"This young adult nonfiction title will be enjoyed . . . by avid hip-hop fans."—School Library Journal
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Introduction
by DJ Kool Herc
When I started DJing back in the early ’70s, it was just something that we were doing for fun. I came from “the people’s choice,” from the street. If the people like you, they will support you,...