Beschrijving
From bestselling author and self-proclaimed hip hop nerd Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree is the
entertaining, encyclopedic history of the formative years of the music genre that changed global culture.
Originally serialized on the hugely popular website Boing Boing, each volume is cleverly presented and
packaged in a style mimicking the Marvel comics of the same era. Piskor’s exuberant yet controlled
cartooning takes you from the parks and rec rooms of the South Bronx to the night clubs, recording
studios, and radio stations where the scene started to boom, capturing the flavor of late-1970s New York
City in panels bursting with obsessively authentic detail. With a vigorous and engaging Ken Burns meets
Stan Lee approach, the battles and rivalries, the technical innovations, the triumphs and failures are all
thoroughly researched and lovingly depicted. Like the acclaimed hip hop documentaries Style Wars and
Scratch, Hip Hop Family Tree is an essential cultural chronicle and a must for hip hop fans, pop-culture
addicts, and anyone who wants to know how it went down back in the day.
