No, it Can’t Stop!
Just received world that my buddy Jeff Chang’s fantastic book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, A History of the Hip-Hop Generation has won an American Book Award. Here’s what that is…
The American Book Awards, established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation, recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing.
Congratulations Jeff. It’s richly deserved.
And if you haven’t read CSWS, you should. It’s one of the best books about music and contemporary culture out there.