March's YEBies read of the month is It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop By MK Asante Jr. The book takes a look at the world of hip-hop as not just a type of music but a cultural force. The book takes a look at the early years and how it was rooted in social activism and brings you to our current state where artists and messages have changed due the to the larger corporations that control and own the distribution of music. MK Asante blends historical information about hip-hop and the civil rights movement with personal narrative, interviews with artists, and quotations from civil rights leaders and classic poetry to create a very daring and political book about the culture we call "Hip-hop".

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