Rapper's Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made The World

50 years later, hip hop’s influence has never been stronger. A visual and cultural history of hip hop, charting its meteoric rise from underground trailblazer to global tastemaker.

To tell the story of contemporary American culture is to tell the story of hip-hop. From its humble, underground origins, hip-hop transcended the confines of rap music and spread its influence across a broad spectrum of American life – fashion, film, art, sports, politics, language – to become a cultural movement of profound influence. Rapper’s Deluxe is a critical contribution to America’s cultural canon, shining a light on hip hop’s ability to redefine and influence culture, through: photographs; fine art; advertisements; book, magazine, and album covers; film stills; and more.

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