This page holds a selection of resources for studying the history of Hip-Hop culture in New York City.
Image credit: 1520 Sedgwick Avenue by Stephanie Morillo under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture by 
Hip Hop in America [electronic resource] : A Regional Guide by 
Icons of Hip Hop : An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture by 
Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture by 
Harlem World : How Hip Hop's Super Showdown Changed Music Forever by 
Breaks in the Air [electronic resource] : The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City by 
Hip Hop Heresies : Queer Aesthetics in New York City by 
The Motherlode [electronic resource] : 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop by 
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by 
Break Beats in the Bronx [electronic resource] : Rediscovering Hip-Hop's Early Years by 
Sneakers : Fashion, Gender, and Subculture [electronic resource] by 
Foundation [electronic resource] : B-boys, B-girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York by 
Born in the Bronx : A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop by 
Can't Stop Won't Stop : A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by 
New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone by 
Image credit: Cheeba Crew at Fordham Prep in 1979 via Hip Hop Party and Event Flyers collection of the Cornell University Hip Hop Collection.
Yes, Yes Y'all : The Experience Music Project Oral History Of Hip-hop's First Decade by
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