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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time-- and has massive shoes to fill. She's been labeled a hoodlum at school, and the fridge at home is empty after her mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral -- for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed by the media as a menace, Bri makes a choice-- and becomes the...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of the band. Adam "ADROCK" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond offer revealing and very funny accounts of their transition from teenage punks to budding rappers; their early collaboration with Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin; the debut album that became the first hip hop record...
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, one DJ and five rapping MCs, fomented the musical revolution known as hip hop. In the 1970s Grandmaster Flash pioneered the art of break-beat DJing--the process of remixing and thereby creating a new piece of music by playing vinyl records and turntables as musical instruments. Now the man who paved the way for such artists as Jay-Z, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, and 50 Cent tells all--from his early days on the mean...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From one of rap's most personal and evocative writers comes a memoir in the vein of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane about how Boosie Badazz, one of the industry's most controversial figures, was able to overcome insurmountable odds--including a murder indictment, kidney cancer, and a diabetes diagnosis--to make his musical dreams a reality"--
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The first and only Estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more. Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated...
7) Drake
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of the popular rapper, Drake.
8) Will
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, and a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind, in this memoir, one of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life.
Will Smith's transformation from a West Philadelphia kid to one of the biggest rap stars of his era, and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, is an epic tale-- but...
10) Pitbull
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Pitbull's success as a rap musician.
12) 50 Cent
Author
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of 50 Cent, the rap musician.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Rick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know his full story. Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic and unexpectedly candid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adolescence and his dramatic ascendancy in the world of hip-hop. Born William Leonard Roberts II, Ross grew up 'across the bridge,' in a Miami at odds with the glitzy beaches, nightclubs and yachts of South Beach. In the aftermath...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Without a doubt, CeeLo Green is a superhero of soul. He inspires awe with his colorful costumes and helps ordinary people find a Voice. With vocals so effective (in fact, they're almost otherworldly), he turned a four-letter word into a global phenomenon. His story begins in the Dirty South, where South Atlanta's native son transformed himself into the Abominable SHOWman. Along the way, innocence was lost, yet he found family at the Dungeon with the...
17) Mary J. Blige
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and career of rap superstar Mary J. Blige.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most charismatic and talented artists of the 1990s. Born Christopher Wallace and raised in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Biggie lived an almost archetypal rap life: young trouble, drug dealing, guns, prison, a giant hit record, the wealth and international superstardom that came with it, then an early violent death. Biggie released his first record, Ready to Die, in 1994, when he was only 22. Less than three...
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