What Are You Ready to Heal? Devi Brown dedicated years of her life to understanding how to alchemize her own complex lived experiences from childhood...

This book celebrates Madvillainy as a representation of two genius musical minds melding to form one revered supervillain. A product of circumstance, the album came together soon...

The RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, imparts the lessons he's learned on his journey from the Staten Island projects to international superstardom. A devout...

A stirring, intimate reflection on the nature of race and American nationhood that has inspired generations of writers and thinkers, first published in 1963, the...

For the first time Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary story in his own words. It is “as wild, unpredictable, and fascinating as the man himself”...

This vibrant book pulses with the beats of a new American South, probing the ways music, literature, and film have remixed southern identities for a...

An exceptional father-son story from the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the...

  From one of America's most cherished and celebrated poets, a landmark collection of Nikki Giovanni's early work!  “Nikki Giovanni is one of our national...

Grammy Award winning artist T-Pain brings Can I Mix You A Drink?, a liquor guide inspired by his Platinum hits, combining unique drinks with an...

“This book is not for you. It is not for architectural academic elites. It is not for those who have gentrified our neighborhoods, overly intellectualized...

An essay collection from culture critic Lawrence Burney that is a personal and analytical look at his home city of Baltimore, music from throughout the...

A quick note from Shea: Hi. Here's a secret: If you send me a screenshot of you having preordered this book I'll hit you back...

This first cultural biography of rap superstar and "master of storytelling" (The New Yorker) Kendrick Lamar explores his meteoric rise to fame and his profound...

Revelations On Creativity From The Lyrical Genius  On the heels of Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize, as the world begins to recognize the creative side of...

With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative,...

Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen — The first cookbook and recipe book from Tha Dogg, From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss...

From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James J Dilla Yancey crafted a set...

“If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and...

Out of this collection of twenty-two interviews spanning two decades rises the distinctive voice of "the princess of black poetry." Nikki Giovanni entered the literary...

A sweeping survey of hip hop's resounding impact on contemporary art and culture across the past 20-plus years Accompanying a groundbreaking exhibition originating at the...

The twentieth anniversary edition of a transformative blueprint for ancestral healing—featuring new material and gateways, from the renowned herbalist, natural health expert, and healer of...