Hip Hop es historia

When hip-hop emerged in the 1970s, no one expected it to become the cultural force it is today. But for a young Black man raised in a musical family in Philadelphia, it was everything. He would stay up late into the night listening to the latest songs on the radio. He saved up to buy vinyl records the moment they were released. He even began composing his own songs. That boy was Questlove. Now, in this one-of-a-kind book, Questlove traces the creative and cultural forces that birthed and shaped hip-hop in the U.S., highlighting both influential, overlooked gems and undeniable chart-topping hits, while weaving in stories known to no one else. *Hip-Hop Is History* is at once an intimate, vividly drawn account and a comprehensive theory on the evolution of one of the great artistic and social movements of our time. Questlove approaches this chronicle of hip-hop with the encyclopedic knowledge of an obsessive fan and the unique experience and fluency of someone who was present for many of the moments that made history.