Phaidon Unveils 'Rapper's Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made The World'

Phaidon has published its latest literary retrospective. Rapper's Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made The World, written by Dr. Todd Boyd - a.k.a. The Notorious PhD - surveys the trajectory of hip-hop, charting its cultural history from its early days up until the present day.Laid out chronologically from the 1970s, Rapper's Deluxe looks at the genre's underground origins and follows its path to its role in today's zeitgeist - both "high" culture and "low" culture alike. Be it through fashion, photography,...