Fair warning to anyone who plans to read this book: it ends in 2001. There has been a loooootttt of goings on in the hip-hop world since 2001. I wish I had an updated book, or a part two. I learned a lot about hip-hop and some key people throughout the history of it. This is not my type of music or my subculture, but it was neat to learn about, especially during Black History Month.