Hip-Hop

A humorous and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a young rapper whose rhymes help bring his community together, from America's favorite rapping teacher....

Hearts on Fire is about the creative explosion in Canadian music of the early 2000s, which captured the world's attention in entirely new ways. The Canadian wave didn't just sweep over one genre or one city, it stretched from coast to coast....

Missing Voids: The Road to Identity details the life of Taiwan Mixon's road to refuge and self-discovery. Abandoned at birth, Taiwan spent much of his life at a crossroads fighting for fulfillment....

Can U Love Me is a memoir about Nicholas “NinosCorner” Battle, a young black child growing up in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. A single-parent household, coupled with the “crack” epidemic, made life for this '80s baby very challenging....

A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author and how his father drew him out again-with love, perseverance, and 15,000 books.....

Franco’s last fight. Forever. One last chance to set an example for his kids. Either fight until the clock is out. Or get knocked the f*** out. One last chance to be there for his best friend Joey. The duo on a cross-country road trip with kickboxer Khloei....

Juaquin Acenado. A drummer. A rapper. A rock king. My brother’s best friend. Arrogant. Forbidden. Do-not-go-there-trouble. The sexy Latino was too old for me when we first met and I was in high school. But he was my first love. I’ve never gotten over him....

From humble beginnings in Waco, Larry “S1” Griffin Jr. has overcome incredible odds to work with some of the most iconic musicians of a generation: Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Madonna, and more....

Learn about the dance style of Krumping with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series....

Welcome to Dark Factory! You may experience strobe effects, Y reality, DJ beats, love, sex, betrayal, triple-shot espresso, broken bones, broken dreams, ecstasy, self-knowledge, and the void....

Bobby knew that Mindy was perfect. She had always been perfect, his ideal, for years. But he'd never made a move. Now his two passions were combining....

The business marketing genius at the forefront of today's entertainment marketing revolution helps corporate America get hip to today's new consumer - the tan generation....

Josie Beckett is a shock jock DJ - she's sarcastic, funny and doesn't believe in anything at all, certainly not in magic. But she's going to start believing....

Starting from present and going back 30 years to 1990, this book about African-American jazz musician Ron Westray’s life journey is written in reverse. The writing is rigorous—flanked by hip-hop, Southern, and ebonic dialects—including jazz lingo and texting-shorthand....

Providing stories, examples, and professional tools that can be used directly in the classroom, Teach Like a DJ reveals experiences, environments, and opportunities for all students to be engaged more than ever. Engage your students from bell to bell from the first day of your class until the break and beyond....

In a fit of anger, radio DJ Jaye Jordan blows a snowman’s head off with a Revolutionary War-style musket. But the corpse that tumbles out is all too human....

Building on the ideas introduced in his New York Times best-selling book, For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood, Christopher Emdin introduces an alternative educational model that will help students (and teachers) celebrate ratchet identity in the classroom....

As an acclaimed DJ, producer and radio host, he spent years telling other people’s stories, now it’s time to tell his. As Serious as Cancer is an unflinching portrait of the man behind the decks and his unexpected face-off with the C-word....

Have you always felt a certain nostalgia to the 1980s even if you didn’t grow up in it? Were you a child, teenager, or young adult in the '80s and want to relive the best years of your life? Well now you can travel back in time and embrace your over the top fashion sense that’s dying to come out....

In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet....