McDonald's wanted him to do a commercial for their new breakfast menu. An energy drink wanted him to endorse a product called “Break of Daye.” A deodorant company wanted Lil and Mama to post a series of Instagram pics of them using the ...
That night I thought about the great American cinema masterpiece Citizen Kane, Orson Welles's epic vision of the rich, brilliant, and ultimately doomed Charles Foster Kane, who died disgraced, alone, and unloved in his California ...
lime-green driver tossed the keys up in the air. By the time they'd come down and D had turned to free Night and Tandi, the engines of the kidnappers' bikes were roaring. They took off in opposite directions.
From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media.
Links the history of race relations to the history of basketball by reviewing the era of the first Black teams, the first integration of teams, and the innovations that Black players have brought to the game
From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media.
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Top of the Charts: The Most Complete Listing Ever
From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous ...
The story of Michael Jackson's rise to stardom based on interviews with family members, friends, and business associates.
Tying these images back to their original sources makes for quite the history lesson. Make sure to keep a device nearby. A must-read reference for any hip-hop family." --Kirkus Reviews "Verdict: these books are pretty damn cute.
This is a sex story, a New York story, and a music biz story rolled into one, starring a humble, beautifully average middle-class dreamer, who's not unlike a male version of a Terry McMillan heroine." *Touré
The Death of Rhythm & Blues
Examines the contribution of entrepreneurship, music technology, and Black slang to the success of rap music; explores rap's controversial themes; and analyzes its popularity
Nelson George's chronicle of Motown Records' rise and fall remains a classic account of an essential American music company and its dynamic founder Berry Gordy Jr. Gordy's uncanny instinct for...
We'll be covering our regular gigs, plus working in this bodyguard thing. Staffing is one of our problems now.” “At most,” D assured him, “it'll only be for a month. I can't see Bridgette Haze here much longer than that.
"City Kid is perhaps one of the seven greatest books ever written.
Nelson George and Alan Leeds have assembled the first comprehensive collection of writings about the late, great Godfather of Soul, creating a fascinating mosaic of the man and the musician.
In this new and expanded edition of Nelson George's classic cultural study, contemporary black culture is chronicled through essays on music, film, sports, publishing, politics and city life, both uptown...
From acclaimed author and filmmaker Nelson George ("the most accomplished black music critic of his generation"—Washington Post Book World), The Hippest Trip in America tells the full story of this legendary pop-culture phenomenon.