Hip-Hop Block Party Reading List

Checkout our list of hip-hop books available for sale onsite in the Museum Store and online courtesy of Smithsonian Enterprises!

Smithsonian Anthology of Hip Hop Cover
Smithsonian Anthology of Hip Hop
Book Of Rhymes
Book Of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip-Hop
Bun B’s Rap Coloring and Activity Book
Bun B’s Rap Coloring and Activity Book
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Young Adult Edition) by Jeff Chang
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Young Adult Edition)
Cover of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South, Regina Bradley
Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South
Chuck D Presents: This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History
Chuck D Presents: This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History
Cover of Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop Vikki Tobak
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop
The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip Hop
Cover of Creative Quest
Creative Quest Questlove
Darryl’s Dream, Darryl “MC” McDaniels.jpeg
Darryl’s Dream
Cover of Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hi-Hop Producer to Reinvented Rhythm, Dan Charnas 
Dilla Time
Fresh Fly Fabulous 50 Years of Hip Hop Style
Fresh Fly Fabulous 50 Years of Hip Hop Style
From Crook To Cook
From Crook To Cook
Cover of Go-Go Live The Musical Life and Death of Chocolate City.jpeg
Go-Go Live The Musical Life and Death of Chocolate City
Hip Hop Coloring Book
Hip Hop Coloring Book
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Hip-Hop (And Other Things)
Cover of Hip hop at the End of the World The Photography of Brother Ernie Ernest Paniccioli
Hip hop at the End of the World The Photography of Brother Ernie Ernest Paniccioli
Cover of Hip Hop Speaks to Children A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat, Nikki Giovanni
Hip Hop Speaks to Children A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat, Nikki Giovanni
Cover of The History of Gangster Rap From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar the Rise of a Great American Art Form Soren Baker
The History of Gangster Rap From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar the Rise of a Great American Art Form Soren Baker
It Was All a Dream Biggie and the World That Made Him Cover Justin Tinsley.jpeg
It Was All a Dream Biggie and the World That Made Him
Life Lessons From Hip Hop
Life Lessons From Hip Hop
Cover of The Motherlode 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop, Clover Hope 
The Motherlode 100 Women Who Made Hip-Hop
Roots of Rap
The Roots of Rap 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of HipHop Carole Boston Weatherford
The Story Of Rap
The Story Of Rap
Cover ofYo! The Early Days of Hip Hop 1982-84 Photography by Sophie Bramly
Yo! The Early Days of Hip Hop 1982-84
50 Rappers Who Changed The World
50 Rappers Who Changed The World