{"product_id":"cant-stop-wont-stop-a-history-of-the-hip-hop-generation-paperback","title":"Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Chang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eD. J. Kool Herc\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan't Stop Won't Stop\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful cultural and social history of the end of the American century, and a provocative look into the new world that the hip-hop generation created.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop became the Esperanto of youth rebellion and a generation-defining movement. In a post-civil rights era defined by deindustrialization and globalization, hip-hop crystallized a multiracial, polycultural generation's worldview, and transformed American politics and culture. But that epic story has never been told with this kind of breadth, insight, and style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on original interviews with DJs, b-boys, rappers, graffiti writers, activists, and gang members, with unforgettable portraits of many of hip-hop's forebears, founders, and mavericks, including DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, and Ice Cube, \u003ci\u003eCan't Stop Won't Stop\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the events, the ideas, the music, and the art that marked the hip-hop generation's rise from the ashes of the 60's into the new millennium.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Chang\u003c\/b\u003e has been a hip-hop journalist for more than a decade and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice, Vibe, The Nation, URB, Rap Pages, Spin, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMother Jones.\u003c\/i\u003e He was a founding editor of \u003ci\u003eColorlines Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e senior editor at Russell Simmons's 360hiphop.com, and cofounder of the influential hip-hip label SoleSides, now Quannum Projects. He lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.38 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52588360696113,"sku":"9780312425791","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/RFRnckZyUDE5MjFWamVQQmE4RWlZUT09.webp?v=1770404112","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/cant-stop-wont-stop-a-history-of-the-hip-hop-generation-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}