Further Reading

Below you can find a list of useful resources for further reading that offer more information about the history of rap.

• Where They're Calling From: Cultural Roots of Rap (1993) 
• Rap returns home to Africa (2004) 
• In the beginning: hip hop’s early influences (2006)
• Rap: The Cry of a Rebuked People (2011)
• The History of Rap Music
• The Origins of Rap in 10 Unlikely Places (2015)  
• Origins of Rap Music (2016)
• Rap – tracing a history of the musical phenomenon (2016) 
• 44 years ago, hip-hop was born — 7 things you never knew about hip-hop’s history in America
•  The Rise of Hip Hop: The brief history of one of the greatest genres of music in America (2019)
• Eritrea: Origin of Rap (2020)