Noir fiction. After the murder of an esteemed music critic is dismissed by NYPD as a gang initiation, the victim's old friend, bodyguard D Hunter, has suspicions, and his investigation leads into a parallel history of hip hop, a place where renegade government agents, behind-the-scenes power brokers, and paranoid journalists know a truth that only a few hard-core fans suspect. This rewrite of hip hop history mixes real-life figures with characters pulled from the culture's hidden world, including Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Russell Simmons. Nelson George is the author of several award-winning books on hip hop culture, including "Hip Hop America," "The Death of Rhythm & Blues," and Russell Simmons' autobiography "Life and Def.
"George is an ace at interlacing the real dramas of the world . . . the book's slim length and flyweight depth could make it an artifact of this particular zeitgeist in American history. Playas and haters and celebrity cameos fuel a novel that is wickedly entertaining while being frozen in time."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
"This hard-boiled tale is jazzed up with authentic street slang and name-dropping (Biggie, Mary J. Blige, Lil Wayne, and Chuck D) . . . George's tightly packaged mystery pivots on a believable conspiracy . . . and his street cred shines in his descriptions of Harlem and Brownsville's mean streets."
--"Library Journal"
"The Plot Against Hip Hop is a quick-moving murder mystery that educates its audience on Hip Hop's pioneer generation along the way . . . it is a nostalgic look at a magical and manic moment in time."
--"New York Journal of Books"
"Nelson George comes from an older generation that still remembers Hip Hop as the vital and danger
Title: The Plot Against Hip Hop
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Nelson George
ISBN 13: 9781617750243
ISBN 10: 1617750247
Publisher: Akashic Books,U.S.
Imprint: Akashic Books,U.S.
Publication Date: 8/12/2011
Place of Publication:
New York,
United States
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
Dewey Classification:
813.6
(DC22)
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Height: 203mm
Width: 152mm
Thickness: 18mm
Weight: 204g