When Dr. Todd Boyd began cognitively crafting âRapperâs Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the Worldâ as a child growing up in 1970s Detroit before physically putting pen to paper in 2021, the 50th anniversary of the music genre (which took place in 2023) wasnât at the forefront of his mind. Instead, he was driven by how rap and hip-hop impacted politics, pop culture and other aspects of life in the United States and beyond since it was birthed by DJ Kool Herc in 1973.
âThis book is about the culture, the music is part of the culture. Itâs the frame that you sort of see everything through. But itâs also movies, fashion, language, politics, sports and art. I was interested in all these connections, beyond the music,â Dr. Boyd, who is widely known as âNotorious Ph.D,â told TheWrap in an interview.
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