Birth of a hip-hop nation

THE SEEDS SOWN AT THE END OF THE SIXTIES BY THE LAST POETS HAVE GROWN THE TREE OF HIP-HOP CULTURE. FOR HALF A CENTURY, THE VERB HAS BEEN THE DRIVING MOTIVE OF THIS RAP REVOLUTION THAT HAS INVADING THE PLANET.

From the first block parties in the Bronx in the 1970s to the triumph of trap in the 2010s, via the first hit by Sugarhill Gang, the birth of Def Jam, the advent of gangsta rap, the East Coast/West Coast clash, the coronation of Eminem and the era of bling-bling, Olivier Cachin sums up five decades of sound and fury that gave a voice to the wretched of the earth, transforming kids from the ghetto into entrepreneurs who bore witness to their era.

Analysis, interviews, history of the movement, selective discography, exclusive photos: in 200 pages, the saga of a musical genre that changed the world. Plus as a bonus the DVD of the most popular rap film of the last 20 years, NWA: Straight Outta Compton.