The Rap Year Book

A New York Times –bestselling, in-depth exploration of the most pivotal moments in rap music from 1979 to 2014. Here’s what  The Rap Year Book  does: It takes readers from 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape, and comes right up to the present, with Shea Serrano hilariously discussing, debating, and deconstructing the most important rap song year by year. Serrano also examines the most important moments that surround th