THE CITY OF HIP-HOP

Join us at Fly Private Social for a night with DJ and author of The City of Hip-Hop Rob Swift. The book will be available for purchase and you can get your copy signed. We're doing an in-depth discussion on the book and the creation of Hip-Hop. After the talk DJ Rob Swift will be doing a live set from 9pm-12am.
Full food menu (kitchen open until 10:30pm) and drinks is available for purchase. Come through for a night celebrating the culture of Hip-Hop. See you there!
ABOUT THE CITY OF HIP-HOP
The City of Hip-Hop positions a unique conceptualization of the history of Hip-Hop, that it was political, economic, and social forces that produced the environment for Hip-Hop to specifically grow in the geographies of New York City and its boroughs. This book argues it was the political forces of the 1970s combined with economic forces of free market capitalism and privatization of public services, neoliberalism, and the deindustrialization of major cities, that led the cultural creation of the “Boogie Down” Bronx. The City of Hip-Hop shows how Hip-Hop is a socio-political reaction which creates an alternate reality with a geographic specificity, and it is this interplay with those forces that nurtured it to become a culture force. Once those of us as fans of the culture zoom out to see such a bigger picture, a needed criticism and retelling of the culture and art of Hip-Hop emerges.

This book is essential for students, scholars, and general readers interested in urban planning, urban design, urban geography, place-making, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Black Studies, and Latin American Studies.