The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why It Matters

The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop—and Why It Matters

Date: 2008

Medium: paperback book

Object number: GUM-BK-2026-021

Tricia Rose's 2008 follow-up to Black Noise, examining the major debates around hip-hop's commercialization, misogyny, and violence, and arguing for a more nuanced public conversation about the genre's cultural impact.

Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America

Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America

Date: 1994

Medium: paperback book

Object number: GUM-BK-2026-026

Tricia Rose's landmark 1994 academic study of hip-hop's origins and cultural impact, widely regarded as one of the first serious scholarly texts on the culture and a foundational reference for hip-hop studies.