''It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation'' is a creative non-fiction book by

M. K. Asante M. K. Asante (born November 3, 1982) is an American author, filmmaker, recording artist, and professor. He is the author of the 2013 best-selling memoir ''Buck''.

. ''It's Bigger Than Hip Hop'' employs

hip hop culture Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx, New York City. Hip hop culture is characterized by four key elements: rapping, DJing and turntablis ...

as a vehicle to explore important social and political issues facing the hip hop and post-hip hop generations.

Title

The title is a nod to rap group

Dead Prez Dead Prez, often stylized as dead prez, is an American hip hop duo composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with lyrics focused on both militant social justice, sel ...

's song " Hip Hop".

Critical reception

The book received very positive critical reviews from press outlets and the hip hop community. It was selected as a Top Book of the Year by the ''

Kansas City Star ''The Kansas City Star'' is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Star'' is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as ...

''. Ari Bloomekatz of ''The Los Angeles Times'' wrote:

An empowering book that moves you to action and to question status quo America. Reading ''It's Bigger Than Hip Hop'' is motoring through a new generation of America with one of its best storytellers.

Chuck D Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, best known as the leader and frontman of the hip hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav. Chuck D helped creat ...

of Public Enemy wrote:

A fantastic book! M.K. Asante, Jr. combines drive, skill and a commitment that buoys us all. The hip hop community should feel extremely blessed to have those qualities attached to its forward movement.

Jennifar Zarr in ''Library Journal'' wrote:

Asante expertly blends historical information about hip-hop and the civil rights movement with personal narrative, interviews with artists, and quotations from civil rights leaders and classic poetry to create an original and daring work.

Hip Hop Weekly ''Hip Hop Weekly'' is an American hip hop news and entertainment magazine founded in 2006. The magazine covers celebrity news, music, film, fashion, sports and features exclusive interviews with many notable figures within popular culture. Hist ...

wrote:

This is the book that many of us have been waiting for. The wisdom and overstanding he exemplifies in this work will astound the reader as he opens a third eye and breaks it all down. Extremely well-researched, well documented and very well written, this book is well paced and will have no difficulty holding the reader's attention.

External links

M.K. Asante - Official Website
2008 non-fiction books American non-fiction books Hip hop books {{AfricanAmerican-book-stub