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What Is Hip-Hop?
by Eric Morse
Illustrator: Anny Yi
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Black Sheep/Akashic
ISBN: 978-1-61775-584-2
Keywords: Dance, Diversity, Black culture, Read-Aloud, Music
Rhyming verse and clay figure illustrations tell the history of Hip Hop from its DJ beginnings to the artists of today, including female rappers.