Hip Hop Family Tree
- Annotation:
- Originally serialized on the hugely popular website Boing Boing, The Hip Hop Family Tree is an encyclopedic comics history of the formative years of hip hop capturing the vivid personalities and magnetic performances of old-school pioneers and early stars. Volume 1: 1970s-1981; Volume 2: 1981-1983; Volume 3: 1983-1984; Volume 4: 1984-1985. All volumes include bibliographies, discographies, and indexes.
- Creators:
- Publication Information:
- Fantagraphic Books, Seattle, 2013-
- Color or Black & White:
- Genre:
- Non-Fiction
- Bibliography Available:
- Yes
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- Hip hop
- Geographic Setting:
- United States
- Date Range:
- 1970 - 1985
- Tags:
- Hip hop, rap, African Americans, music, culture, recording studios, live performances, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, The Sugarhill Gang, Run-DMC, Ice T, Public Enemy, The Fat Boys, Russell Simmons, Def Jam Records, LL Cool J, Dr. Dre, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim
- Notes:
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