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Sullivan, Felicia C. "Speak History. (cover story)." Read 55.13 (2006): 18. Middle Search Plus. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Talks about how the history of hip hop began. Also, it talks about the change of hip hop and how it was. The people in hip hop and rap are a huge part of the change in hip hop. It was started in Bronx, New York and it just grew from there.

Robinson, Ruth Adkins. "Hip-hop history." Billboard 111.49 (1999): 38. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010.

Deahl, Rachel. "Hip-Hop Loses Bad Rap With Publishers." Publishers Weekly 252.50 (2005): 10-11. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Talks about how rappers have grown, but now there are so many of them. Around the era of Tupac, rap and hip hop was still growing. Now its becoming a cluster and there are a lot of rappers looking for deals to publish.This is a big part in the growth of hip-hop.

Mitchell, Tony. Global Noise: Rap and Hip-hop outside the USA. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, 2001. Print.T his book describes how rap has grown in other countries other than the U.S. Most people don't think of rap as being something that is international, but it has grown to almost all of Europe and is even getting started in Asia. Rap is becoming the most popular type of music in the whole world and reading this book confirms that. Rap is huge and it's only going to get bigger as time moves on because soon the generation that listens to rap will become older and take up more of the population.

Royal, Leslie E. "Hip Hop On Top." Black Enterprise 30.12 (2000): 91. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how hip hops external effect. They have even changed clothes what people wear. These rappers have worn these clothes so now the young population wears it. Some of the clothes referred to were Sean John and Southpole clothing lines. It is more of an urban type of clothing.

Dunn, Jancee. "How hip-hop style bum-rushed the mall." Rolling Stone 808 (1999): 54. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 30 Nov. 2010.

Peters, Jennifer L. "The Rise of Hip-Hop." Know Your World Extra 36.8 (2003): 12. Middle Search Plus. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Brought up in the Bronx in the 70's. Many people didn't like disco music and thought it was for rich white people. Decided this is more interesting than disco. It is more spoken along with and not sung. It says how you feel and what you go through.

Naison, Mark. "Hip Hop and Oral History: Turning Students into "Griots for a New Age." OAH Magazine of History 22.3 (2008): 46-48. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This talks about how young people can relate to songs. These songs inspire them when they hear them and give them a sense of motivation. Many kids go through poverty and same with the rappers. Sometimes it even inspires these young kids to be like a rapper or a DJ one day.

Kato, M. T. From Kung Fu to Hip Hop: Globalization, Revolution, and Popular Culture. Albany: State University of New York, 2007. Print. This book describes how much pop culture has changed over the years. In the old days, action heros were cowboys and policemen, whereas now, they are thugs with guns and muscle that look scary and talk tough. Culture has just changed so much and this book does an excellent job of pointing that out

Levine, Mark. Heavy Metal Islam. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2008. Print. Heavy metal, punk, hip hop, and reggae are each the music of protest and in mamy cases sonsidered immoral in the Muslim world. This music may also turn out to be the soundtrack of a revolution unfolding across the world. Why, despit sovermental attempts to control and censor the music do these musicians and fans keep playing and listening? Partly, of course because of self expression, but also because , in this region, everything is political.Heavy Metal Islam is a surprising, wildly entertaining foray into a historically authoritarian region where music just might be the true democratizing force.

Samuels, David. "The Rap On Rap." New Republic 205.20 (1991): 24-29. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Talks about how rap was started and what it was like. It talks about the transition and who was involved. It talks about the first rap ever and details about it. Also, it adds information on where it was started with the people in it.