Questlove's New Book 'Hip-Hop Is History' Is Releasing in June 2024

The book was first announced in 2023.

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Questlove officially announced the release date of his upcoming book, Hip-Hop Is History.

Debuting on June 11, Hip-Hop Is History is releasing via Questlove’s own AUWA Books imprint and is co-written with Ben Greenman. The book dives into “the creative and cultural forces that made and shaped hip-hop,” but with his own personal twist as a young Black kid growing up in a musical family in Philadelphia. “It is at once an intimate, sharply observed story of a cultural revolution and a sweeping, grand theory of the evolution of the great artistic movement of our time,” the press release reads. “And Questlove, of course, approaches it with not only the encyclopedic fluency and passion of an obsessive fan but also the expertise and originality of an innovative participant.”

Questlove’s Hip-Hop Is History will be published in hardcover, e-book and digital audio on June 11.

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