Can't Stop Won't Stop

Can't Stop Won't Stop

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author = Jeff Chang
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country = United States
language = English
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subject = Hip hop
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Picador
pub_date = 2005
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pages = 560 pp
isbn = ISBN 0312425791
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"Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation" is a book by Jeff Chang chronicling the early hip hop scene. It won an American Book Award in 2005. [ [http://www.ambook.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation] . American Booksellers Association. Accessed July 11 2008.]

The book features portraits of DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, and Ice Cube, among others, and is based on numerous interviews with graffiti artists, gang members, DJs, rappers, and hip hop activists. DJ Kool Herc wrote the introduction. On Metacritic, the book received an aggregate score of 81/100 from twelve reviews—indicating "universal acclaim". [ [http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/changjeff/cantstopwontstop Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff Chang: Reviews] . Metacritic. Accessed July 11 2008.]

Notes

*Chang, Jeff (2005). "Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation". Picador, ISBN 0312425791.

References

External links

* [http://www.cantstopwontstop.com Official website]


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