This publication, accompanying a landmark exhibition from the Baltimore Museum of Art, documents hip hop’s remarkable impact as a driving force behind innovations in music, visual and performing arts, fashion, and technology, evolving into a global cultural phenomenon since the 1970s. Featuring around 70 works by renowned and emerging artists, designers, streetwear pioneers, and musicians across diverse media, it traces hip hop’s expansion from street culture to high fashion, studios, and museum spaces. The exhibition further examines hip hop’s role in contesting power structures, dominant cultural narratives, and systems of social and political oppression. This richly illustrated monograph includes essays and interviews with over 30 artists and scholars, providing an authoritative record of the exhibition.
Artists include: Nina Chanel Abney, Dionne Alexander, Maxwell Alexandre, Devin Allen, Alvaro Barrington, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Grace Wales Bonner, Mark Bradford, Jordan Casteel, Willy Chavarria, Caitlin Cherry, Troy Chew II, William Cordova, Carl Jones, Stan Douglas, John Edmonds, Gajin Fujita, Monica Ikegwu, Shabez Jamal, Kahlil Joseph, Nia June, LA II, Deana Lawson, Eric N. Mack, Emmanuel Massillon, Julie Mehretu, Murjoni Merriweather, Jayson Musson, Rashaad Newsome, Yvonne Osei, Zéh Palito, Gordon Parks, Adam Pendleton, Robert Pruitt, Rammellzee, Sheila Rashid, Rozeal, Joyce J. Scott, Tschabalala Self, Tariku Shiferaw, Devan Shimoyama, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, Abbey Williams, Pharrell Williams and Wilmer Wilson IV.
