Hip Hop Family Tree Book 2 Paperback by Ed Piskor

Product Details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics (2014-09-07)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 112 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781606997567
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

The second installment of this acclaimed graphic novel hip-hop history (originally serialized on the popular website Boing Boing) covers the years 1981-1983. 2015 Eisner Award Winner: Best Reality-Based Work.

Covering the early years of 1981-1983, Hip Hop has made a big transition from the parks and rec rooms to downtown clubs and vinyl records. The performers make moves to separate themselves from the paying customers by dressing more and more flamboyant until a young group called RUN-DMC comes on the scene to take things back to the streets. This volume covers hits like Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s the Message, the movie Wild Style and introduces superstars like NWA, The Beastie Boys, Doug E Fresh, KRS One, ICE T, and early Public Enemy. Cameos by Dolemite, LL Cool J, Notorious BIG, and New Kids on the Block (?!)! 

2015 Eisner Award Winner: Best Reality-Based Work

About the Author

Ed Piskor (1982-2024) was the New York Times bestselling creator of Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design as well as the co-conspirator behind the YouTube channel sensation, Cartoonist Kayfabe.


World renowned director of the film-phenomenon Wild Style.