Perfect coffee table book and gift for hip-hop fans and enthusiasts. Great quick read and reference book for Black English linguists.

Featuring 15 iconic words, Word to Hip-Hop: A Hip-Hop Lexicon takes readers on a linguistic hip-hop journey that celebrates Black language and teaches readers how hip-hop created, transformed, and redefined English words that shaped pop culture. Word to Hip-Hop breaks down each word from the spelling, pronunciation definition, and hip-hop etymology-explaining in detail the history of the word through America and hip-hop. This book is considered a fun reference/lexicon book with illustrations of hip-hop artists and/or illustrations that capture the meaning of the hip-hop word.