Dan Charnas: The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop (2010)
A new book probing the question that has probably disturbed Lupe Fiasco the most in his career: how can hip-hop integrity reconcile itself to hip-hop profitability?
S. Craig Watkins: Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement (2006)
An overview of the issues faced by the so-called hip-hop generation that analyzes both the history and the future of hip-hop as a movement.