Covering the early years of 1981-1983, Hip Hop has made a big transition from the parks and rec rooms to downtown clubs and vinyl records. The performers make moves to separate themselves from the paying customers by dressing more and more flamboyant until a young group called RUN-DMC comes on the scene to take things back to the streets. This volume covers hits like Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's the Message, the movie Wild Style and introduces superstars like NWA, The Beastie Boys, Doug E Fresh, KRS One, ICE T, and early Public Enemy. Cameos by Dolemite, LL Cool J, Notorious BIG, and New Kids on the Block (?!)!

2015 Eisner Award Winner: Best Reality-Based Work

Author: Ed Piskor, Charlie Ahearn
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 09/07/2014
Series: Hip Hop Family Tree #0
Pages: 112
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 12.90h x 8.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781606997567
Audience: Young Adult


Award: 2015 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winner - Reality-Based


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/15/2014 pg. 32

About the Author
Ahearn, Charlie: - World renowned director of the film-phenomenon Wild Style.Piskor, Ed: - Ed Piskor is the New York Times bestselling creator of Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design as well as the co-conspirator behind the YouTube channel sensation, Cartoonist Kayfabe. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA.