From House Party to World Dominance: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop: A Bibliography

Authors

Cassandra Chaney, Louisiana State UniversityFollow

Abstract

In 2023, the culture celebrated the 50th birthday of Hip Hop. While there is an ongoing argument of when Hip Hop started, Hip Hop culture marked Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbell’s legendary 1973 party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, NY as the day to commemorate its humble beginnings. This work provides a bibliographical list of published articles, interviews, book reviews, forthcoming books, and live performances from various artists that made a major impact on Hip Hop. In particular, the bibliography highlights the mark that Hip Hop has made on fashion, the economy, language, and the unique contributions that artists from various geographic regions of the country (i.e., East coast, West coast, Midwest, and South/The Dirty South) have made on Hip Hop. Methodologically, I started with a Google search of phrases such as “50th Anniversary of Hip Hop” and then used those sources to find additional sources that contributed to this list. This compilation is by no means exhaustive, so it is my hope that current and future Hip Hoppers will make their personal contributions to this enormous undertaking. Peace!

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34718/7rjt-nv94

Volume

10

Issue

1

Recommended Citation

Chaney, Cassandra (2023) "From House Party to World Dominance: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop: A Bibliography," Journal of Hip Hop Studies: Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jhhs/vol10/iss1/2